A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

Ezekiel 32

1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the a twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

2 "Son of man, b take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:
c 'You are like a young lion among the nations,
And d you are like a monster in the seas,
e Bursting forth in your rivers,
Troubling the waters with your feet,
And f fouling their rivers.' 3 "Thus says the Lord GOD:
'I will therefore g spread My net over you with a company of many people,
And they will draw you up in My net. 4 Then h I will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
i And cause to 1 settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth. 5 I will lay your flesh j on the mountains,
And fill the valleys with your carcass. 6 'I will also water the land with the flow of your blood,
Even to the mountains;
And the riverbeds will be full of you. 7 When I put out your light,
k I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark;
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
And the moon shall not give her light. 8 All the 2 bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you,
And bring darkness upon your land,'
Says the Lord GOD.

9 'I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries which you have not known. 10 'Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and l they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.'

11 m "For thus says the Lord GOD: 'The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.

12 'By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them n the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall.
o 'They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt,
And all its multitude shall be destroyed. 13 Also I will destroy all its animals
From beside its great waters;
p The foot of man shall muddy them no more,
Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them. 14 Then I will make their waters 3 clear,
And make their rivers run like oil,'
Says the Lord GOD. 15 'When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
And the country is destitute of all that once filled it,
When I strike all who dwell in it,
q Then they shall know that I am the LORD.

16 'This is the r lamentation
With which they shall lament her;
The daughters of the nations shall lament her;
They shall lament for her, for Egypt,
And for all her multitude,'
Says the Lord GOD."

17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, s that the word of the LORD came to me, saying: 18 "Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt,
And t cast them down to the depths of the earth,
Her and the daughters of the famous nations,
With those who go down to the Pit:

19 'Whom u do you surpass in beauty?
v Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.'

20 "They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword;
She is delivered to the sword,
w Drawing her and all her multitudes. 21 x The strong among the mighty
Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell
With those who help him:
'They have y gone down,
They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.'

22 "Assyria z is there, and all her company,
With their graves all around her,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword. 23 a Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit,
And her company is all around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who b caused terror in the land of the living.

24 "There is c Elam and all her multitude,
All around her grave,
All of them slain, fallen by the sword,
Who have d gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth,
e Who caused their terror in the land of the living;
Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit. 25 They have set her f bed in the midst of the slain,
With all her multitude,
With her graves all around it,
All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword;
Though their terror was caused
In the land of the living,
Yet they bear their shame
With those who go down to the Pit;
It was put in the midst of the slain.

26 "There are g Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes,
With all their graves around it,
All of them h uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
Though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 27 i They do not lie with the mighty
Who are fallen of the uncircumcised,
Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war;
They have laid their swords under their heads,
But their iniquities will be on their bones,
Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised,
And lie with those slain by the sword.

29 "There is j Edom,
Her kings and all her princes,
Who despite their might
Are laid beside those slain by the sword;
They shall lie with the uncircumcised,
And with those who go down to the Pit.

30 k There are the princes of the north,
All of them, and all the l Sidonians,
Who have gone down with the slain
In shame at the terror which they caused by their might;
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword,
And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.

31 "Pharaoh will see them
And be m comforted over all his multitude,
Pharaoh and all his army,
Slain by the sword,"
Says the Lord GOD. 32 "For I have caused My terror in the land of the living;
And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised
With those slain by the sword,
Pharaoh and all his multitude,"
Says the Lord GOD.

  1. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:1
    Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
    Ezekiel 33:21
    And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!
  2. Cross References
    Ezekiel 27:2
    Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 4:7
    The lion has come up from his thicket, And the destroyer of nations is on his way. He has gone forth from his place To make your land desolate. Your cities will be laid waste, Without inhabitant.
    Ezekiel 19:2 - 6
    And say: 'What is your mother? A lioness: She lay down among the lions; Among the young lions she nourished her cubs.
    Nahum 2:11 - 13
    Where is the dwelling of the lions, And the feeding place of the young lions, Where the lion walked, the lioness and lion's cub, And no one made them afraid?
  4. Cross References
    Isaiah 27:1
    In that day the LORD with His severe sword, great and strong, Will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent, Leviathan that twisted serpent; And He will slay the reptile that is in the sea.
    Ezekiel 29:3
    "Speak, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, 'My River is my own; I have made it for myself.'
  5. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:7
    Who is this coming up like a flood, Whose waters move like the rivers?
    Jeremiah 46:8
    Egypt rises up like a flood, And its waters move like the rivers; And he says, 'I will go up and cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants.
  6. Cross References
    Ezekiel 34:18
    Is it too little for you to have eaten up the good pasture, that you must tread down with your feet the residue of your pasture - and to have drunk of the clear waters, that you must foul the residue with your feet?
  7. Cross References
    Ezekiel 12:13
    I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; yet he shall not see it, though he shall die there.
    Ezekiel 17:20
    I will spread My net over him, and he shall be taken in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and try him there for the treason which he committed against Me.
  8. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:5
    I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the open field; You shall not be picked up or gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens.
  9. Cross References
    Isaiah 18:6
    They will be left together for the mountain birds of prey And for the beasts of the earth; The birds of prey will summer on them, And all the beasts of the earth will winter on them.
    Ezekiel 31:13
    On its ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens, And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches -
  10. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:12
    And aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.
  11. Cross References
    Isaiah 13:10
    For the stars of heaven and their constellation...
    Joel 2:31
    The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the ...
    Joel 3:15
    The sun and moon will grow dark, And the stars ...
    Amos 8:9
    And it shall come to pass in that day," says th...
    Matthew 24:29
    Immediately after the tribulation of those days...
    Mark 13:24
    But in those days, after that tribulation, the ...
    Luke 21:25
    And there will be signs in the sun, in the moon...
    Revelation 6:12
    I looked when He opened the sixth seal, and beh...
    Revelation 6:13
    And the stars of heaven fell to the earth, as a...
    Revelation 8:12
    Then the fourth angel sounded: And a third of t...
  12. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:16
    Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:26
    And I will deliver them into the hand of those who seek their lives, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and the hand of his servants. Afterward it shall be inhabited as in the days of old," says the LORD.
    Ezekiel 30:4
    The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down.
  14. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:7
    Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor.
    Ezekiel 30:11
    He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain.
    Ezekiel 31:12
    And aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it.
  15. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:19
    Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: 'Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army.
  16. Cross References
    Ezekiel 29:11
    Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years.
  17. Cross References
    Exodus 7:5
    "And the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand on Egypt and bring out the children of Israel from among them."
    Exodus 14:4
    Then I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will pursue them; and I will gain honor over Pharaoh and over all his army, that the Egyptians may know that I am the LORD." And they did so.
    Exodus 14:18
    "Then the Egyptians shall know that I am the LORD, when I have gained honor for Myself over Pharaoh, his chariots, and his horsemen."
    Psalms 9:16
    The LORD is known by the judgment He executes; The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah
    Ezekiel 6:7
    The slain shall fall in your midst, and you shall know that I am the LORD.
  18. Cross References
    2 Samuel 1:17
    Then David lamented with this lamentation over Saul and over Jonathan his son.
    2 Chronicles 35:25
    Jeremiah also lamented for Josiah. And to this day all the singing men and the singing women speak of Josiah in their lamentations. They made it a custom in Israel; and indeed they are written in the Laments.
    Jeremiah 9:17
    Thus says the LORD of hosts: "Consider and call for the mourning women, That they may come; And send for skillful wailing women, That they may come.
    Ezekiel 26:17
    And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: "How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants!
  19. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:1
    And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the LORD came to me, saying.
    Ezekiel 33:21
    And it came to pass in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the fifth day of the month, that one who had escaped from Jerusalem came to me and said, "The city has been captured!
  20. Cross References
    Ezekiel 26:20
    Then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living.
    Ezekiel 31:14
    'So that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them. 'For they have all been delivered to death, To the depths of the earth, Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.'
  21. Cross References
    Jeremiah 9:25
    Behold, the days are coming," says the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised with the uncircumcised -
    Jeremiah 9:26
    "Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all who are in the farthest corners, who dwell in the wilderness. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart."
    Ezekiel 31:2
    Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: 'Whom are you like in your greatness?
    Ezekiel 31:18
    'To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,' says the Lord GOD."
  22. Cross References
    Ezekiel 28:10
    You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken," says the Lord GOD.'
  23. Cross References
    Psalms 28:3
    Do not take me away with the wicked And with the workers of iniquity, Who speak peace to their neighbors, But evil is in their hearts.
  24. Cross References
    Isaiah 1:31
    The strong shall be as tinder, And the work of it as a spark; Both will burn together, And no one shall quench them.
    Isaiah 14:9
    Hell from beneath is excited about you, To meet you at your coming; It stirs up the dead for you, All the chief ones of the earth; It has raised up from their thrones All the kings of the nations.
    Isaiah 14:10
    They all shall speak and say to you: 'Have you also become as weak as we? Have you become like us?
    Ezekiel 32:27
    They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.
  25. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:19
    'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.'
    Ezekiel 32:25
    They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain.
  26. Cross References
    Ezekiel 31:3
    Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs.
    Ezekiel 31:16
    I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth.
  27. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:15
    Yet you shall be brought down to Sheol, To the lowest depths of the Pit.
  28. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:24 - 27
    There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit.
    Ezekiel 32:32
    For I have caused My terror in the land of the living; And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised With those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude," Says the Lord GOD.
  29. Cross References
    Genesis 10:22
    The sons of Shem were Elam, Asshur, Arphaxad, Lud, and Aram.
    Genesis 14:1
    And it came to pass in the days of Amraphel king of Shinar, Arioch king of Ellasar, Chedorlaomer king of Elam, and Tidal king of nations.
    Isaiah 11:11
    It shall come to pass in that day That the Lord shall set His hand again the second time To recover the remnant of His people who are left, From Assyria and Egypt, From Pathros and Cush, From Elam and Shinar, From Hamath and the islands of the sea.
    Jeremiah 25:25
    All the kings of Zimri, all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes.
    Jeremiah 49:34 - 39
    The word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet against Elam, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, saying.
  30. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:21
    The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: 'They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.
  31. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:23
    Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living.
  32. Cross References
    Psalms 139:8
    If I ascend into heaven, You are there; If I make my bed in hell, behold, You are there.
  33. Cross References
    Genesis 10:2
    The sons of Japheth were Gomer, Magog, Madai, Javan, Tubal, Meshech, and Tiras.
    Ezekiel 27:13
    Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise.
    Ezekiel 38:2
    Son of man, set your face against Gog, of the land of Magog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal, and prophesy against him.
    Ezekiel 38:3
    And say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.
    Ezekiel 39:1
    And you, son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, 'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Behold, I am against you, O Gog, the prince of Rosh, Meshech, and Tubal.
  34. Cross References
    Ezekiel 32:19
    'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.'
  35. Cross References
    Isaiah 14:18
    All the kings of the nations, All of them, sleep in glory, Everyone in his own house.
    Isaiah 14:19
    But you are cast out of your grave Like an abominable branch, Like the garment of those who are slain, Thrust through with a sword, Who go down to the stones of the pit, Like a corpse trodden underfoot.
  36. Cross References
    Isaiah 9:5
    For every warrior's sandal from the noisy battl...
    Isaiah 9:6
    For unto us a Child is born, Unto us a Son is g...
    Isaiah 34:5
    For My sword shall be bathed in heaven; Indeed ...
    Isaiah 34:6
    The sword of the LORD is filled with blood, It ...
    Jeremiah 49:7 - 22
    Against Edom. Thus says the LORD of hosts: " Is...
    Ezekiel 25:12 - 14
    'Thus says the Lord GOD: "Because of what Edom ...
  37. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:15
    For behold, I am calling All the families of the kingdoms of the north," says the LORD; "They shall come and each one set his throne At the entrance of the gates of Jerusalem, Against all its walls all around, And against all the cities of Judah.
    Jeremiah 25:26
    All the kings of the north, far and near, one with another; and all the kingdoms of the world which are on the face of the earth. Also the king of Sheshach shall drink after them.
    Ezekiel 38:6
    Gomer and all its troops; the house of Togarmah from the far north and all its troops - many people are with you.
    Ezekiel 38:15
    Then you will come from your place out of the far north, you and many peoples with you, all of them riding on horses, a great company and a mighty army.
    Ezekiel 39:2
    And I will turn you around and lead you on, bringing you up from the far north, and bring you against the mountains of Israel.
  38. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:22
    All the kings of Tyre, all the kings of Sidon, and the kings of the coastlands which are across the sea.
    Ezekiel 28:21 - 23
    Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her.
  39. Cross References
    Ezekiel 14:22
    Yet behold, there shall be left in it a remnant who will be brought out, both sons and daughters; surely they will come out to you, and you will see their ways and their doings. Then you will be comforted concerning the disaster that I have brought upon Jerusalem, all that I have brought upon it.
    Ezekiel 31:16
    I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth.
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