Ezekiel 32

¹In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

²“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’

³This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.

⁴I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.

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

⁶I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.

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

⁸All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.

⁹‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.

¹⁰I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’

¹¹For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!