Ezekiel 32 :: New International Version (NIV)

A Lament Over Pharaoh

Eze 32:1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 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.

Eze 32:3

Eze 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.

Eze 32:4

Eze 32:4I 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.

Eze 32:5

Eze 32:5I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.

Eze 32:6

Eze 32:6I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh.

Eze 32:7

Eze 32:7When 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.

Eze 32:8

Eze 32:8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land,

declares the Sovereign LORD.

Eze 32:9

Eze 32:9I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among[fn] lands you have not known.

Eze 32:10

Eze 32:10I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with horror because of you when I brandish my sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.

Eze 32:11

Eze 32:11“ ‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: “ ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.

Eze 32:12

Eze 32:12I 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.

Eze 32:13

Eze 32:13I 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.

Eze 32:14

Eze 32:14Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil,

declares the Sovereign LORD.

Eze 32:15

Eze 32:15When 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.’

Eze 32:16

Eze 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.”

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

Eze 32:17

Eze 32:17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

Eze 32:18

Eze 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, along with those who go down to the pit.

Eze 32:19

Eze 32:19Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’

Eze 32:20

Eze 32:20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes.

Eze 32:21

Eze 32:21From within the realm of the dead 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.’

Eze 32:22

Eze 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.

Eze 32:23

Eze 32:23Their 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.

Eze 32:24

Eze 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.

Eze 32:25

Eze 32:25A 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.

Eze 32:26

Eze 32:26“Meshek 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.

Eze 32:27

Eze 32:27But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[fn] who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[fn] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

Eze 32:28

Eze 32:28“You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

Eze 32:29

Eze 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.

Eze 32:30

Eze 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.

Eze 32:31

Eze 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.

Eze 32:32

Eze 32:32Although 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.”

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NIV Footnotes

(32:9)

Hebrew; Septuagint bring you into captivity among the nations, / to

(32:27)

Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised

(32:27)

Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment

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Ezekiel 32 :: New International Version (NIV)

A Lament Over Pharaoh

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

NIV Footnotes

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