Ezekiel 32:1-16

New International Version

A Lament Over Pharaoh

32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:^(A) ²“Son of man, take up a lament^(B) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion^(C) among the nations;
    you are like a monster^(D) in the seas^(E)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.^(F)

³“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘With a great throng of people
    I will cast my net over you,
    and they will haul you up in my net.^(G)
⁴I will throw you on the land
    and hurl you on the open field.
I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you
    and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.^(H)
⁵I will spread your flesh on the mountains
    and fill the valleys^(I) with your remains.
⁶I will drench the land with your flowing blood^(J)
    all the way to the mountains,
    and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.^(K)
⁷When I snuff you out, I will cover the heavens
    and darken their stars;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
    and the moon will not give its light.^(L)
⁸All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken^(M) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,^(N)
declares the Sovereign Lord.
⁹I will trouble the hearts of many peoples
    when I bring about your destruction among the nations,
    among^[a] lands you have not known.
¹⁰I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
    and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
    when I brandish my sword^(O) before them.
On the day^(P) of your downfall
    each of them will tremble
    every moment for his life.^(Q)

¹¹“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword^(R) of the king of Babylon^(S)
    will come against you.^(T)
¹²I will cause your hordes to fall
    by the swords of mighty men—
    the most ruthless of all nations.^(U)
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
    and all her hordes will be overthrown.^(V)
¹³I will destroy all her cattle
    from beside abundant waters
no longer to be stirred by the foot of man
    or muddied by the hooves of cattle.^(W)
¹⁴Then I will let her waters settle
    and make her streams flow like oil,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
¹⁵When I make Egypt desolate
    and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
    then they will know that I am the Lord.^(X)’

¹⁶“This is the lament^(Y) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

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