A LAMENT FOR PHARAOH

32 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, lamento for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,

butH you are like a monsterI,p in the seas.

You thrash about in your rivers,

churn up the waters with your feet,

and muddy theA rivers.

3 “ ‘This is what the Lord God says:

I will spread my net over youa

with an assembly of many peoples,

and theyB will haul you up in my net.

4 I 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.b

5 I will put your flesh on the mountainsc

and fill the valleys with your carcass.

6 I 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,d

and the moon will not give its light.

8 I 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.

10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,

and their kings will shudder with fear because of youe

when I brandish my sword in front of them.

On the day of your downfall

each of them will tremble

every momentf for his life.