1. In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the Lord’s word came to me:
2. Human one, sing a lament for Pharaoh, Egypt’s king. Say to him:You consider yourself a young lion among the nations,but you are like the sea monster!You thrash about in your rivers,you roil the waters with your feet,and you muddy your rivers.
3. The Lord God proclaims:In the company of many peoplesI will spread my net over you,and I will haul you up in my dragnet.
4. I will cast you out on the earthand throw you on the open ground.I will cause all the birds in the sky to settle on you,and all the beasts of the earth to devour you.
5. Your flesh I will set upon the mountains,and I will fill the valleys with your gore.
6. With your blood I will soak your irrigated land,and the streambeds will be filled with you.
7. When you are snuffed out, I will cover the sky,and I will darken the stars.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon won’t radiate its light.
8. As for the shining lights of the heavens,I will make them dark over you,and set darkness over your land.This is what the Lord God says.
9. I will trouble the hearts of many peopleswhen I bring about your destructionwith nations from lands you didn’t know.