Ezekiel 32

Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

1In the 1twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 2“Son of man, take up a 2lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, ‘You 3compared yourself to a young 4lion of the nations, Yet you are like the 5monster in the seas; And you 6burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And 7fouled their rivers.’”

3Thus says the Lord 8God, “Now I will 9spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net.4I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the 10open field. And I will cause all the 11birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth 12with you.5I will lay your flesh 13on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse.6I will also make the land drink the discharge of your 14blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you.7And when I 15extinguish you, I will 16cover the heavens and darken their 17stars; I will cover the 18sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.8All the shining 19lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land,” Declares the Lord God. 9“I will also 20trouble the hearts of many peoples when I 21bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. 10I will make many peoples 22appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and 23they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall.”

11For 24thus says the Lord God, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. 12By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are 25tyrants of the nations, And they will 26devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its hordes will be destroyed.13I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters; And 27the foot of man will not muddy them anymore And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them.14Then I will make their waters settle And will cause their rivers to run like oil,” Declares the Lord God.15“When I make the land of Egypt a 28desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall 29know that I am the Lord. 16This is a 30lamentation and they shall 31chant it. The daughters of the nations shall 32chant it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall 33chant it,” declares the Lord God.

17In the 34twelfth year, on the 35fifteenth of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying, 18“Son of man, 36wail for the hordes of Egypt and 37bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the 38nether world, with those who go down to the pit;19‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the 39uncircumcised.’ 20They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. 40She is given over to the sword; they have 41drawn her and all her hordes away. 21The 42strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, ‘They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’

22“43Assyria is there and all her company; 44her graves are round about 45her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, 23whose 46graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who 47spread terror in the land of the living.

24“48Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the 49lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the 50land of the living and 51bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit. 25They have made a 52bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was 53instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; 54they were put in the midst of the slain.

26“55Meshech, 56Tubal and all their hordes are there; their graves 57surround them. All of them were slain by the sword 58uncircumcised, though they instilled their terror in the land of the living. 2759Nor do they lie beside the fallen 6061heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their 62iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these 63heroes was once in the land of the living. 28But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword.

29“There also is 64Edom, its kings and all its 65princes, who 66for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

30“There also are the 67chiefs of the 68north, all of them, and all the 69Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

31“These Pharaoh will see, and he will be 70comforted for all his hordes slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army,” declares the Lord God. 32“Though I instilled a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made to lie down among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes,” declares the Lord God.