Ezekiel 32:1-6

English Standard Version

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

32 ^(A)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ²^(B)“Son of man, ^(C)raise a lamentation over ^(D)Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“You consider yourself ^(E)a lion of the nations,
    but you are like ^(F)a dragon ^(G)in the seas;
^(H)you burst forth in your rivers,
    trouble the waters with your feet,
    and foul their rivers.
³Thus says the Lord God:
    ^(I)I will throw my net over you
    with a host of ^(J)many peoples,
    and ^(K)they will haul you up in my dragnet.
⁴And ^(L)I will cast you on the ground;
    on the open field I will fling you,
and will cause all the birds of the heavens to settle on you,
    and I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.
⁵I will strew your flesh ^(M)upon the mountains
    and fill the valleys with your carcass.^[a]
⁶I will drench the land even to the mountains
    with your flowing blood,
    and the ravines will be full of you.