Ezekiel 32:1-16
A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt
32And it happened in the atwelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Yahweh came to me saying, 2“Son of man, take up a alamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, ‘You liken yourself to a young blion of the nations,Yet you are like the cmonster in the seas;And you dburst forth in your riversAnd muddied the waters with your feetAnd 1fouled their rivers.’”
3Thus says Lord Yahweh, “So I will aspread My net over youWith an assembly of many peoples,And they shall bring you up in My net.
4“I will abandon you on the land;I will hurl you on the 1open field.And I will cause all the abirds of the sky to dwell on you,And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth 2with you.5“I will put your flesh aon the mountainsAnd fill the valleys with your refuse.6“I will also make the land drink the discharge of your abloodAs far as the mountains,And the ravines will be full of you.7“And when I aextinguish you,I will bcover the heavens and darken their cstars;I will cover the dsun with a cloud,And the moon will not give its light.8“All the shining alights in the heavensI will darken over youAnd will give darkness on your land,”Declares Lord Yahweh.9“I will also avex the hearts of many peoples when I bbring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. 10“I will make many peoples 1,aappalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and bthey will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”
11For athus says Lord Yahweh, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. 12“By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your multitude to fall; all of them are aruthless ones of the nations, And they will bdevastate the lofty pride of Egypt,And all its multitude will be destroyed.
13“I will also make all its cattle perish from beside many waters;And athe foot of man will not muddy them anymore,And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them.14“Then I will make their waters settleAnd will cause their rivers to 1run like oil,”Declares Lord Yahweh.15“When I make the land of Egypt a adesolation,And the land is desolate of its fullness,When I strike all those who inhabit it,Then they shall bknow that I am Yahweh.