Ezekiel 32:1-16

1On the first day of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, the word of Adonai came to me saying:

2“Son of man, lift up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You compare yourself to a young lion of the nations, but you are a crocodile in the waters. You thrash about in your rivers and muddy the water with your feet and foul their streams.’”

3Thus says Adonai Elohim: “I will throw My net over you with a host of many peoples. They will haul you up in My net.

4I will leave you on the land. I will hurl you on an open field. I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle upon you. I will gorge the beasts of the whole earth with you.

5I will strew your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your refuse.

6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the hills. The ravines will be full of you.

7When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky and darken the stars. I will cover the sun with cloud, and the moon will not give her light.

8I will darken all of heaven’s bright lights over you and set darkness on your land.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

9“I will disturb the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, into lands you have not known.

10I will make many people appalled at you. Their kings will be totally aghast at you when I brandish My sword over you. They will shudder every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your downfall.”

11For thus says Adonai Elohim: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you.

12By the swords of the mighty I will cause your multitude to fall. They are all ruthless among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt. All of its multitude will be annihilated.

13I will destroy all the beasts from beside plentiful water. No human foot will muddy them again, nor will hoofs of beasts muddy them.

14Then I will make their waters settle and make their streams flow like oil.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

15“When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste when it was previously full, when I strike all that live there, they will know that I am Adonai.

16This is the funeral song —chant it, daughters of the nations, chant for Egypt. All her multitude will chant it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.