Ezekiel 32:1-16

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

2“Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, ‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the rivers.

3“‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you with an assembly of many peoples, and they will haul you up in my net.

4I will abandon you on the land and throw you onto the open field. I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you and let the wild creatures of the entire earth eat their fill of you.

5I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your carcass.

6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, even to the mountains; the ravines will be filled with your gore.

7“‘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.

8I will darken all the shining lights in the heavens over you, and will bring darkness on your land. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

9“‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you have not known.

10I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with fear because of you when I brandish my sword in front of them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.

11“‘For this is what the Lord God says: The sword of Babylon’s king will come against you!

12I will make your hordes fall by the swords of warriors, all of them ruthless men from the nations. They will ravage Egypt’s pride, and all its hordes will be destroyed.

13I will slaughter all its cattle that are beside many waters. No human foot will churn them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.

14Then I will let their waters settle and will make their rivers flow like oil. This is the declaration of the Lord God.

15When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, so that it is emptied of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the Lord.

16“‘The daughters of the nations will chant that lament. They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’”