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Ezekiel 32 New International Version (NIV)

A Lament Over Pharaoh

32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:^(A) ²“Son of man, take up a lament^(B) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“‘You are like a lion^(C) among the nations;
    you are like a monster^(D) in the seas^(E)
thrashing about in your streams,
    churning the water with your feet
    and muddying the streams.^(F)

³“‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘With a great throng of people
    I will cast my net over you,
    and they will haul you up in my net.^(G)
⁴I will throw you on the land
    and hurl you on the open field.
I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you
    and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you.^(H)
⁵I will spread your flesh on the mountains
    and fill the valleys^(I) with your remains.
⁶I will drench the land with your flowing blood^(J)
    all the way to the mountains,
    and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.^(K)
⁷When I snuff you out, 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.^(L)
⁸All the shining lights in the heavens
    I will darken^(M) over you;
    I will bring darkness over your land,^(N)
declares the Sovereign Lord.
⁹I will trouble the hearts of many peoples
    when I bring about your destruction among the nations,
    among^[a] lands you have not known.
¹⁰I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,
    and their kings will shudder with horror because of you
    when I brandish my sword^(O) before them.
On the day^(P) of your downfall
    each of them will tremble
    every moment for his life.^(Q)

¹¹“‘For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword^(R) of the king of Babylon^(S)
    will come against you.^(T)
¹²I will cause your hordes to fall
    by the swords of mighty men—
    the most ruthless of all nations.^(U)
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
    and all her hordes will be overthrown.^(V)
¹³I will destroy all her cattle
    from beside abundant waters
no longer to be stirred by the foot of man
    or muddied by the hooves of cattle.^(W)
¹⁴Then I will let her waters settle
    and make her streams flow like oil,
declares the Sovereign Lord.
¹⁵When I make Egypt desolate
    and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
    then they will know that I am the Lord.^(X)’

¹⁶“This is the lament^(Y) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

¹⁷In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:^(Z) ¹⁸“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign^(AA) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.^(AB) ¹⁹Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’^(AC) ²⁰They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged^(AD) off with all her hordes.^(AE) ²¹From within the realm of the dead^(AF) the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised,^(AG) with those killed by the sword.’

²²“Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. ²³Their graves are in the depths of the pit^(AH) and her army lies around her grave.^(AI) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

²⁴“Elam^(AJ) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.^(AK) All who had spread terror in the land of the living^(AL) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.^(AM) ²⁵A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,^(AN) killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

²⁶“Meshek and Tubal^(AO) are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,^[b]^(AP) who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields^[c] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

²⁸“You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

²⁹“Edom^(AQ) is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.^(AR)

³⁰“All the princes of the north^(AS) and all the Sidonians^(AT) are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised^(AU) with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.^(AV)

³¹“Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled^(AW) for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. ³²Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh^(AX) and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord.”^(AY)

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