Lamentation for Pharaoh and Egypt
1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the atwelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2 “Son of man, atake up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:
b‘You are like a young lion among the nations,
And cyou are like a monster in the seas,
dBursting forth in your rivers,
Troubling the waters with your feet,
And efouling their rivers.
b‘You are like a young lion among the nations,
And cyou are like a monster in the seas,
dBursting forth in your rivers,
Troubling the waters with your feet,
And efouling their rivers.
3 ‘Thus says the Lord God:
“I will therefore aspread My net over you with a company of many people,
And they will draw you up in My net.
“I will therefore aspread My net over you with a company of many people,
And they will draw you up in My net.
4 Then aI will leave you on the land;
I will cast you out on the open fields,
bAnd cause to1 settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.
I will cast you out on the open fields,
bAnd cause to1 settle on you all the birds of the heavens.
And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth.
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.
Even to the mountains;
And the riverbeds will be full of you.
7 When I put out your light,
aI 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.
aI 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 the1 bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you,
And bring darkness upon your land,”
Says the Lord God.
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 athey shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall.
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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