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: (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.
Thus 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.

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