1. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
2. “Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations,but you are a monster in the seas;you thrash about in your streams,stir up the water with your feet,and muddy your streams.
3. “‘This is what the sovereign Lord says:“‘I will throw my net over you in the assembly of many peoples;and they will haul you up in my dragnet.
4. I will leave you on the ground,I will fling you on the open field,I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you,and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.
5. I will put your flesh on the mountains,and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass.
6. I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your blood.
7. When I extinguish you, I will cover the sky;I will darken its stars.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon will not shine.
8. I will darken all the lights in the sky over you,and I will darken your land,declares the sovereign Lord.
9. I will disturb many peoples,when I bring about your destruction among the nations,among countries you do not know.
10. I will shock many peoples with you,and their kings will shiver with horror because of you.When I brandish my sword before them,every moment each one will tremble for his life, on the day of your fall.
11. “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says: “‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.