The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 32 Lamentation over Pharaoh, King of Egypt

 The Book of the Prophet Ezekiel 32

Lamentation over Pharaoh, King of Egypt

1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first month, the word of the Lord came to me:

2 “Son of man, raise a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You were like a young lion among the nations; you were like a dragon in the seas. You stirred up your rivers, troubled the waters with your feet, and fouled your rivers.

3 This is what the Sovereign Lord says: “Therefore I will spread my net over you with a large group of peoples, and they will bring you up in my net.

4 Then I will leave you on the ground; I will throw you out onto the open field. I will make all the birds of the air dwell on you, and the wild animals of the whole earth will feed on you.”

5 I will place your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with your height.

6 I will water the land where you swim with your blood, even to the mountains, and the streams will be filled with you.

7 When I extinguish you, 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.

8 I will darken all the bright lights of the heavens over you, and bring darkness upon your land, declares the Lord God.

9 I will afflict the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, to lands you have not known.

10 I will cause many peoples to be dismayed at you, and their kings to tremble greatly when I brandish my sword before their faces; they will tremble every moment, each for his life, on the day of your downfall.

11 For thus says the Lord God: The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.

12 I will cause your multitude to fall with the swords of the mighty, who are all the most terrible of the nations; and they will destroy the pride of Egypt, and all its multitude will be lost.

13 And I will exterminate all its animals from the many waters; neither the foot of man nor the hooves of animals will trouble them anymore.

14 Then I will make its waters settle, and I will make its rivers flow like oil, says the Lord God.

15 When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the land is desolate in its fullness, and when I strike all who dwell in it, then they will know that I am the Lord.

16 This is the lamentation with which they will lament; the daughters of the nations will lament it; over Egypt and over all its multitude they will lament, says the Lord God.