Ezekiel 32:1-3
Living Bible
32 In mid-February of the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the Lord:
2 “Son of dust, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations, but you are merely a crocodile[a] along the banks of the Nile, making bubbles and muddying the stream.’”
3 The Lord God says: “I will send a great army to catch you with my net. I will haul you out
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- Ezekiel 32:2 crocodile, or “sea serpent.”
Ezekiel 32:1-3
New International Version
A Lament Over Pharaoh
32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(A) 2 “Son of man, take up a lament(B) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
“‘You are like a lion(C) among the nations;
you are like a monster(D) in the seas(E)
thrashing about in your streams,
churning the water with your feet
and muddying the streams.(F)
3 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:
“‘With a great throng of people
I will cast my net over you,
and they will haul you up in my net.(G)
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