Ezekiel 32

¹ In 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, raise a lament over Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and say to him: ‘You were compared to a young lion among the nations, but you are like a sea monster. You burst out in your rivers, muddied the waters with your feet, and stirred up their rivers.

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

⁴ I will abandon you on the land and throw you into the open field. I will make all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the earth feed on you.

⁵ I will lay your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

⁶ I will drench the land with your flowing blood, all the way to the mountains, and the riverbeds will be filled with you.

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

⁸ I will darken all the shining lights in the sky because of you, and bring darkness over your land—declares the Lord GOD.

⁹ I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I carry news of your ruin among the nations, to lands you have not known.

¹⁰ I will make many peoples stare in horror because of you, and their kings will shudder with dread because of you when I brandish my sword before them. They will tremble at every moment, each one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.’

¹¹ “For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon is coming against you.’”

¹² “‘«By the swords of warriors I will bring down your multitude. They are all the most ruthless of the nations. They will destroy Egypt’s pride, and all its multitude will be wiped out.

¹³ I will destroy all its livestock beside the many waters. No human foot will muddy them again, nor will the hooves of animals stir them up.

¹⁴ Then I will let their waters settle and make their rivers flow like oil—declares the Lord GOD.

¹⁵ When I make the land of Egypt desolate, stripped of all that filled it, and strike down everyone who lives there, then they will know that I am the LORD.

¹⁶ This is a lament, and it will be sung as one. The daughters of the nations will sing it; they will sing it over Egypt and all its multitude—declares the Lord GOD.’”

¹⁷ In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

¹⁸ “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt and bring it down, along with the daughters of mighty nations, to the depths of the earth, with those who go down to the pit.

¹⁹ Whom are you more beautiful than? Go down and lie with the uncircumcised.

²⁰ They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword has been handed over; drag Egypt down with all its multitudes.

²¹ The mighty warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol, along with those who helped him: ‘They have gone down and lie there, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’”

²² “Assyria is there, with all its assembly; its graves surround it. They are all slain, fallen by the sword.

²³ Its graves were placed in the depths of the pit, and its assembly surrounds its grave. They are all slain, fallen by the sword—those who spread terror in the land of the living.

²⁴ Elam is there, with all its multitude, around its grave. They are all slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the depths of the earth, those who spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

²⁵ A bed was made for Elam among the slain, with all its multitude. Its graves surround it. They are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. Elam was laid among the slain.

²⁶ Meshech and Tubal are there, with all their multitude. Their graves surround them. They are all uncircumcised, pierced by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

²⁷ They did not lie with the warriors who fell among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and placed their swords under their heads. Their guilt rested on their bones, because they were a terror to warriors in the land of the living.

²⁸ You too will be broken among the uncircumcised and lie with those slain by the sword.

²⁹ Edom is there, with its kings and all its princes. Despite their might, they were laid with those slain by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

³⁰ The leaders of the north are there, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who went down with the slain. They are ashamed despite the terror that came from their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

³¹ Pharaoh will see them and be consoled over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword—declares the Lord GOD.

³² For I spread my terror in the land of the living; and Pharaoh will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword—Pharaoh and all his multitude—declares the Lord GOD.”

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