32:1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:
32:2 “Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: “‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams.
32:3 “‘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.
32:4 I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the air settle on you and all the beasts of the earth gorge themselves on you.
32:5 I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
32:6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
32:7 When 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.
32:8 All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.
32:9 I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known.
32:10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with 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.
32:11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.
32:12 I will cause your hordes to fall by the swords of mighty men–the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt, and all her hordes will be overthrown.
32:13 I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hoofs of cattle.
32:14 Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign LORD.
32:15 When 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.’
32:16 “This is the lament 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.”
32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:
32:18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, with those who go down to the pit.
32:19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’
32:20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.
32:21 From within the grave the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.’
32:22 “Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword.
32:23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.
32:24 “Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
32:25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, 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.
32:26 “Meshech and Tubal 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.
32:27 Do they not lie with the other uncircumcised warriors who have fallen, who went down to the grave with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads? The punishment for their sins rested on their bones, though the terror of these warriors had stalked through the land of the living.
32:28 “You too, O Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.
32:29 “Edom 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.
32:30 “All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
32:31 “Pharaoh–he and all his army–will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD.
32:32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
32:1 And in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
32:2 Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and say to him, You likened yourself to a lion of the nations, / Yet you are like a monster in the seas; / And you gushed forth with your rivers / And muddied the waters with your feet / And fouled their rivers.
32:3 Thus says the Lord Jehovah, I will spread My net upon you / With a company of many peoples, / And they will bring you up in My dragnet.
32:4 And I will abandon you upon the land; / I will cast you out into the open field, / And I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle upon you / And satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.
32:5 And I will lay your flesh upon the mountains / And fill the valleys with your corpse.
32:6 I will also drench the land with your outpoured blood / As far as the mountains, / And the ravines will be full of you.
32:7 And when 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.
32:8 All the bright lights of heaven / I will darken over you / And send darkness upon your land, / Declares the Lord Jehovah.
32:9 I will also bring anguish to the hearts of many peoples, when I bring news of your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known.
32:10 Yes, I will astonish many peoples because of you, and their kings will shudder excessively over you, when I brandish My sword before them; they will also tremble continually, everyone for his own life, on the day of your fall.
32:11 For thus says the Lord Jehovah, The king of Babylon’s sword will come upon you.
32:12 By the swords of the mighty, / All of them the ruthless of the nations, / I will cause your multitude to fall; / And they will devastate the pride of Egypt, / And all its multitude will be destroyed.
32:13 I will also destroy all its beasts / From beside abundant waters; / No longer will human feet muddy them, / Nor will the hooves of beasts muddy them.
32:14 Then I will make their waters clear / And their rivers flow like oil, declares the Lord Jehovah.
32:15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate, / A land destitute of what filled it, / When I strike all its inhabitants, / They will know that I am Jehovah.
32:16 This is the lamentation with which they will lament. The daughters of the nations will lament with it; over Egypt and over all her multitude they will lament with it, declares the Lord Jehovah.
32:17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of Jehovah came to me, saying,
32:18 Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of mighty nations, to the lowest parts of the earth, with those who descend to the pit.
32:19 Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.
32:20 They will fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; she is delivered to the sword. Drag her away with all her multitudes.
32:21 The strong among the mighty will speak to him and his allies from the midst of Sheol; they have gone down; they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
32:22 Assyria and all her company are there with their graves all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword,
32:23 Whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who had struck terror in the land of the living.
32:24 Elam and all her multitude are there, all around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have descended uncircumcised into the lowest parts of the earth, who had struck their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who descend to the pit.
32:25 They have made her a bed in the midst of the slain with all her multitude; their graves are all around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Although their terror was struck in the land of the living, they now bear their disgrace with those who descend to the pit. They are placed among the slain.
32:26 Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude are there; their graves are all around them; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword. Although they had struck their terror in the land of the living,
32:27 They will not lie with the mighty uncircumcised who fell, who descended to Sheol with their weapons of war and laid their swords under their heads and their iniquities upon their bones, even though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
32:28 But you will be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised and lie with those slain by the sword.
32:29 Edom is there, her kings and all her princes, who in their might are placed with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who descend to the pit.
32:30 The princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians are there, who descended with the slain; they are put to shame in spite of the terror they struck by their might. They also lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the pit.
32:31 Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord Jehovah.
32:32 For I have put his terror in the land of the living, and he will be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord Jehovah.