2. “Human, sing a funeral song about the king of Egypt. Say to him:‘You are like a young lion among the nations.You are like a crocodile in the seas.You splash around in your streamsand stir up the water with your feet,making the rivers muddy.
3. “ ‘This is what the Lord God says:I will spread my net over you,and I will use a large group of peopleto pull you up in my net.
4. Then I will throw you on the landdropping you onto the ground.I will let the birds of the sky rest on youand all the animals of the earth eat you until they are full.
5. I will scatter your flesh on the mountainsand fill the valleys with what is left of you.
6. I will drench the land with your flowing bloodas far as the mountains,and the ravines will be full of your flesh.
7. When I 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 make all the shining lights in the skybecome dark over you;I will bring darkness over your land,says the Lord God.
9. I will cause many people to be afraidwhen I bring you as a captive into other nations,to lands you have not known.
10. I will cause many people to be shocked about you.Their kings will tremble with fear because of youwhen I swing my sword in front of them.They will shake every momenton the day you fall;each king will be afraid for his own life.
11. “ ‘So this is what the Lord God says:The sword of the king of Babylonwill attack you.
12. I will cause your people to fallby the swords of mighty soldiers,the most terrible in the world.They will destroy the pride of Egyptand all its people.
13. I will also destroy all Egypt’s cattlewhich live alongside much water.The foot of a human will not stir the water,and the hoofs of cattle will not muddy it anymore.
14. So I will let the Egyptians’ water become clear.I will cause their rivers to run as smoothly as olive oil,says the Lord God.
15. When I make the land of Egypt emptyand take everything that is in the land,when I destroy all those who live in Egypt,then they will know that I am the Lord.’
16. “This is the funeral song people will sing for Egypt. The women of the nations will sing it; they will sing a funeral song for Egypt and all its people, says the Lord God.”
17. It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying: