<vn='1'>And it came to <sn="1961">pass</s> in the <sn="259 6240">eleventh</s><sn="8141">year</s>, in the <sn="7992">third</s> month, in the <sn="259">first</s> day of the <sn="2320">month</s>, that the <sn="1697">word</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='2'><sn="1121">Son</s> of <sn="120">man</s>, <sn="559">speak</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="4428">king</s> of <sn="4714">Egypt</s>, and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="1995">multitude</s>; <sn="413 4310">Whom</s> art thou <sn="1819">like</s> in thy <sn="1433">greatness</s>? </v>
<vn='3'><sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="804">Assyrian</s> was a <sn="730">cedar</s> in <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> with <sn="3303">fair</s><sn="6057">branches</s>, and with a <sn="6751">shadowing</s><sn="2793">shroud</s>, and of a <sn="1362">high</s><sn="6967">stature</s>; and his <sn="6788">top</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="996">among</s> the thick <sn="5688">boughs</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>The <sn="4325">waters</s> made him <sn="1431">great</s>, the <sn="8415">deep</s> set him up on <sn="7311">high</s><sn="854">with</s> her <sn="5104">rivers</s><sn="1980">running</s> round <sn="5439">about</s> his <sn="4302">plants</s>, and sent <sn="7971">out</s> her little <sn="8585">rivers</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>. </v>
<vn='5'><sn="5921 3651">Therefore</s> his <sn="6967">height</s> was <sn="1361">exalted</s> above <sn="4480 3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s>, and his <sn="5634">boughs</s> were <sn="7235">multiplied</s>, and his <sn="6288">branches</s> became <sn="748">long</s> because of the <sn="7227">multitude</s> of <sn="4480 4325">waters</s>, when he shot <sn="7971">forth</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="3605">All</s> the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of <sn="8064">heaven</s> made their <sn="7077">nests</s> in his <sn="5589">boughs</s>, and <sn="8478">under</s> his <sn="6288">branches</s> did <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> bring forth their <sn="3205">young</s>, and under his <sn="6738">shadow</s><sn="3427">dwelt</s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="1471">nations</s>. </v>
<vn='7'>Thus was he <sn="3302">fair</s> in his <sn="1433">greatness</s>, in the <sn="753">length</s> of his <sn="1808">branches</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> his <sn="8328">root</s><sn="1961">was</s><sn="413">by</s><sn="7227">great</s><sn="4325">waters</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>The <sn="730">cedars</s> in the <sn="1588">garden</s> of <sn="430">God</s> could <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6004">hide</s> him: the fir <sn="1265">trees</s> were not <sn="1819 3808 413">like</s> his <sn="5589">boughs</s>, and the chestnut <sn="6196">trees</s><sn="1961">were</s><sn="3808">not</s> like his <sn="6288">branches</s>; <sn="3808">nor</s><sn="3605">any</s><sn="6086">tree</s> in the <sn="1588">garden</s> of <sn="430">God</s> was <sn="1819">like</s><sn="413">unto</s> him in his <sn="3308">beauty</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>I have <sn="6213">made</s> him <sn="3303">fair</s> by the <sn="7230">multitude</s> of his <sn="1808">branches</s>: so that <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of <sn="5731">Eden</s>, <sn="834">that</s> were in the <sn="1588">garden</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="7065">envied</s> him. </v>
<vn='10'><sn="3651">Therefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; <sn="3282 834">Because</s> thou hast lifted <sn="1361">up</s> thyself in <sn="6967">height</s>, and he hath shot <sn="5414">up</s> his <sn="6788">top</s><sn="413 996">among</s> the thick <sn="5688">boughs</s>, and his <sn="3824">heart</s> is lifted <sn="7311">up</s> in his <sn="1363">height</s>; </v>
<vn='11'>I have therefore <sn="5414">delivered</s> him into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the mighty <sn="352">one</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>; he shall surely <sn="6213 6213">deal</s> with him: I have driven him <sn="1644">out</s> for his <sn="7562">wickedness</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="2114">strangers</s>, the <sn="6184">terrible</s> of the <sn="1471">nations</s>, have cut him <sn="3772">off</s>, and have <sn="5203">left</s> him: <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="2022">mountains</s> and in <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="1516">valleys</s> his <sn="1808">branches</s> are <sn="5307">fallen</s>, and his <sn="6288">boughs</s> are <sn="7665">broken</s> by <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="650">rivers</s> of the <sn="776">land</s>; and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5971">people</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s> are gone <sn="3381">down</s> from his <sn="4480 6738">shadow</s>, and have <sn="5203">left</s> him. </v>
<vn='13'><sn="5921">Upon</s> his <sn="4658">ruin</s> shall <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5775">fowls</s> of the <sn="8064">heaven</s><sn="7931">remain</s>, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="2416">beasts</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s><sn="413">upon</s> his <sn="6288">branches</s>: </v>
<vn='14'>To the <sn="4616">end</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="3808">none</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> by the <sn="4325">waters</s> exalt <sn="1361">themselves</s> for their <sn="6967">height</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> shoot <sn="5414">up</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="6788">top</s><sn="413 996">among</s> the thick <sn="5688">boughs</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> their <sn="352">trees</s> stand <sn="5975">up</s> in their <sn="1363">height</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they are <sn="3605">all</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> unto <sn="4194">death</s>, <sn="413">to</s> the nether <sn="8482">parts</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>, in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="120">men</s>, <sn="413">with</s> them that go <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="953">pit</s>. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="3541">Thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>; In the <sn="3117">day</s> when he went <sn="3381">down</s> to the <sn="7585">grave</s> I caused a <sn="56">mourning</s>: I <sn="3680">covered</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="8415">deep</s><sn="5921">for</s> him, and I <sn="4513">restrained</s> the <sn="5104">floods</s> thereof, and the <sn="7227">great</s><sn="4325">waters</s> were <sn="3607">stayed</s>: and I caused <sn="3844">Lebanon</s> to <sn="6937">mourn</s><sn="5921">for</s> him, and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of the <sn="7704">field</s><sn="5969">fainted</s><sn="5921">for</s> him. </v>
<vn='16'>I made the <sn="1471">nations</s> to <sn="7493">shake</s> at the <sn="4480 6963">sound</s> of his <sn="4658">fall</s>, when I cast him <sn="3381 *853">down</s> to <sn="7585">hell</s><sn="854">with</s> them that <sn="3381">descend</s> into the <sn="953">pit</s>: and <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of <sn="5731">Eden</s>, the <sn="4005">choice</s> and <sn="2896">best</s> of <sn="3844">Lebanon</s>, <sn="3605">all</s> that <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="4325">water</s>, shall be <sn="5162">comforted</s> in the nether <sn="8482">parts</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>. </v>
<vn='17'><sn="1992">They</s><sn="1571">also</s> went <sn="3381">down</s> into <sn="7585">hell</s><sn="854">with</s> him <sn="413">unto</s> them that be <sn="2491">slain</s> with the <sn="2719">sword</s>; and they that were his <sn="2220">arm</s>, that <sn="3427">dwelt</s> under his <sn="6738">shadow</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="1471">heathen</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="413">To</s><sn="4310">whom</s> art thou thus <sn="1819 3602">like</s> in <sn="3519">glory</s> and in <sn="1433">greatness</s> among the <sn="6086">trees</s> of <sn="5731">Eden</s>? yet shalt thou be brought <sn="3381">down</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="6086">trees</s> of <sn="5731">Eden</s><sn="413">unto</s> the nether <sn="8482">parts</s> of the <sn="776">earth</s>: thou shalt <sn="7901">lie</s> in the <sn="8432">midst</s> of the <sn="6189">uncircumcised</s><sn="854">with</s> them that be <sn="2491">slain</s> by the <sn="2719">sword</s>. <sn="1931">This</s> is <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s> and <sn="3605">all</s> his <sn="1995">multitude</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="136">Lord</s><sn="3069">GOD</s>. </v>