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EZEKIEL 32
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mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him
this message:
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“You think of yourself as a strong young
lion among the nations,
but you are really just a sea monster,
heaving around in your own rivers,
stirring up mud with your feet.
Therefore, this is what the Sovereign
Lord says:
I will send many people
to catch you in my net
and haul you out of the water.
I will leave you stranded on the land to die.
All the birds of the heavens will land
on you,
and the wild animals of the whole earth
will gorge themselves on you.
I will scatter your flesh on the hills
and fill the valleys with your bones.
I will drench the earth with your gushing
blood
all the way to the mountains,
filling the ravines to the brim.
When I blot you out,
I will veil the heavens and darken
the stars.
I will cover the sun with a cloud,
and the moon will not give you its light.
I will darken the bright stars overhead
and cover your land in darkness.
I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!
9 “I will disturb many hearts when I bring
news of your downfall to distant nations you
have never seen. 10 Yes, I will shock many lands,
and their kings will be terrified at your fate. They
will shudder in fear for their lives as I brandish
my sword before them on the day of your fall.
11 For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
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“The sword of the king of Babylon
will come against you.
I will destroy your hordes with the swords of
mighty warriors—
the terror of the nations.
They will shatter the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
I will destroy all your flocks and herds
that graze beside the streams.
Never again will people or animals
muddy those waters with their feet.
Then I will let the waters of Egypt become
calm again,
32:17 Hebrew On the fifteenth day of the month, presumably
in the twelfth month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar
(see 32:1). This would put this message at the end of King
Jehoiachin’s twelfth year of captivity, on March 17, 585 b.c.;
also see note on 1:1. Greek version reads On the fifteenth day
of the first month, which would put this message on April 27,
586 b.c., at the beginning of Jehoiachin’s twelfth year.
32:18 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain. 32:19 Hebrew
the uncircumcised; also in 32:21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32.
32:21 Hebrew in Sheol. 32:27a Hebrew to Sheol. 32:27b The
meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
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and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil,
says the Sovereign Lord.
And when I destroy Egypt
and strip you of everything you own
and strike down all your people,
then you will know that I am the Lord.
Yes, this is the funeral song
they will sing for Egypt.
Let all the nations mourn.
Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.
I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken!”
Egypt Falls into the Pit
17 On March 17,* during the twelfth year, another
message came to me from the Lord: 18 “Son of
man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the
other mighty nations.* For I will send them
down to the world below in company with those
who descend to the pit. 19 Say to them,
‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other
nations?
No! So go down to the pit and lie there
among the outcasts.*’
20 The Egyptians will fall with the many who
have died by the sword, for the sword is drawn
against them. Egypt and its hordes will be
dragged away to their judgment. 21 Down in the
grave* mighty leaders will mockingly welcome
Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come
down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes
slaughtered by the sword.’
22 “As syr ia lies there surrounded by the
graves of its army, those who were slaughtered
by the sword. 23 Their graves are in the depths of
the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies.
They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by
the sword.
24 “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves
of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered
by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts
of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now
they lie in the pit and share the shame of those
who have gone before them. 25 They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded
by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they
lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them
outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.
26 “Meshech and Tubal are there, surrounded
by the graves of all their hordes. They once struck
terror in the hearts of people everywhere. But
now they are outcasts, all slaughtered by the
sword. 27 They are not buried in honor like their
fallen heroes, who went down to the grave* with
their weapons—their shields covering their bodies* and their swords beneath their heads. Their
guilt rests upon them because they brought terror to everyone while they were still alive.