Ezekiel 32:1-16 NIV

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Ezekiel 32:1-16

A Lament Over Pharaoh

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

“ ‘You are like a lion among the nations;

you are like a monster in the seas

thrashing about in your streams,

churning the water with your feet

and muddying the streams.

“ ‘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.

I 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.

I will spread your flesh on the mountains

and fill the valleys with your remains.

I will drench the land with your flowing blood

all the way to the mountains,

and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.

When 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.

All the shining lights in the heavens

I will darken over you;

I will bring darkness over your land,

declares the Sovereign Lord.

I will trouble the hearts of many peoples

when I bring about your destruction among the nations,

among32:9 Hebrew; Septuagint bring you into captivity among the nations, / to lands you have not known.

I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,

and their kings will shudder with horror because of you

when I brandish my sword before them.

On the day of your downfall

each of them will tremble

every moment for his life.

“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“ ‘The sword of the king of Babylon

will come against you.

I will cause your hordes to fall

by the swords of mighty men—

the most ruthless of all nations.

They will shatter the pride of Egypt,

and all her hordes will be overthrown.

I 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.

Then I will let her waters settle

and make her streams flow like oil,

declares the Sovereign Lord.

When 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.’

“This is the lament 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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