2. “Son of man, sing this sad song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say to him: “‘You thought you were like a powerful young lion walking proud among the nations. But really, you are like a dragon in the lakes. You push your way through the streams. You make the water muddy with your feet and stir up the rivers of Egypt.’”
3. This is what the Lord GOD says: “I have gathered many people together. Now I will throw my net over you. Then those people will pull you in.
4. Then I will drop you on the dry ground. I will throw you down in the field. I will let all the birds come and eat you. I will let wild animals from every place come and eat you until they are full.
5. I will scatter your body on the mountains. I will fill the valleys with your dead body.
6. I will pour your blood on the mountains, and it will soak down into the ground. The rivers will be full of you.
7. I will make you disappear. I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
8. I will darken the lights in the sky over you. I will make your whole country dark.” This is what the Lord GOD said.
9. “I will make many people sad and upset when I bring an enemy to destroy you. Nations you don’t even know will be upset.
10. I will make many people shocked about you. Their kings will be terrified of you, when I swing my sword before them. They will shake with fear on the day you fall. Each king will be afraid for his own life.”
11. That will happen because of what the Lord GOD said: “The sword of the king of Babylon will come to fight against you.
12. I will use those soldiers to kill your people in battle. They come from the most terrible of the nations. They will destroy the things Egypt is proud of. The people of Egypt will be destroyed.
13. There are many animals by the rivers in Egypt. I will also destroy all those animals. People will not make the waters muddy with their feet anymore. The hoofs of cattle will not make the water muddy anymore.