Ezekiel 32:1-16

It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month. The LORD spoke his word to me, saying: “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 streams and stir up the water with your feet, making the rivers muddy. “ ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a large group of people to pull you up in my net. Then I will throw you on the land dropping you onto the ground. I will let the birds of the sky rest on you and all the animals of the earth eat you until they are full. I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with what is left of you. I will drench the land with your flowing blood as far as the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your flesh. 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. I will make all the shining lights in the sky become dark over you; I will bring darkness over your land, says the Lord GOD. I will cause many people to be afraid when I bring you as a captive into other nations, to lands you have not known. I will cause many people to be shocked about you. Their kings will tremble with fear because of you when I swing my sword in front of them. They will shake every moment on the day you fall; each king will be afraid for his own life. “ ‘So this is what the Lord GOD says: The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you. I will cause your people to fall by the swords of mighty soldiers, the most terrible in the world. They will destroy the pride of Egypt and all its people. I will also destroy all Egypt’s cattle which live alongside much water. The foot of a human will not stir the water, and the hoofs of cattle will not muddy it anymore. 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. When I make the land of Egypt empty and 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.’ “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.”