Ezekiel 32:2–16

²“Son of man, lament^o for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him,

‘You compare yourself to a lion of the nations,

but^E you are like a monster^F in the seas.

You thrash about in your rivers,

churn up the waters with your feet,

and muddy the^G rivers.

³“ ‘This is what the Lord God says:

I will spread my net over you^a

with an assembly of many peoples,

and they^H 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.^b

⁵I will put your flesh on the mountains^c

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,^d

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^e

when I brandish my sword in front of them.

On the day of your downfall

each of them will tremble

every moment^f 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.^g

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.^h

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.ⁱ

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