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Text -- Ezekiel 32:1-29 (NET)
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Lamentation over Pharaoh and Egypt
32:1 In the twelfth year , in the twelfth month , on the first of the month , the word of the Lord came to me:
32:2 “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 .
32:3 “‘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 .
32:4 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.
32:5 I will put your flesh on the mountains , and fill the valleys with your maggot-infested carcass .
32:6 I will drench the land with the flow of your blood up to the mountains , and the ravines will be full of your blood.
32:7 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 .
32:8 I will darken all the lights in the sky over you, and I will darken your land , declares the sovereign Lord .
32:9 I will disturb many peoples , when I bring about your destruction among the nations , among countries you do not know .
32:10 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 .
32:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says : “‘The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.
32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall – all of them are the most terrifying among the nations . They will devastate the pride of Egypt , and all its hordes will be destroyed .
32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters ; and no human foot will disturb the waters again , nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.
32:14 Then I will make their waters calm , and will make their streams flow like olive oil , declares the sovereign Lord .
32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation and the land is destitute of everything that fills it, when I strike all those who live in it, then they will know that I am the Lord .’
32:16 This is a lament ; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes , declares the sovereign Lord .”
32:17 In the twelfth year , on the fifteenth day of the month , the word of the Lord came to me:
32:18 “Son of man , wail over the horde of Egypt . Bring it down ; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth , along with those who descend to the pit .
32:19 Say to them, ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty ? Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised !’
32:20 They will fall among those killed by the sword . The sword is drawn ; they carry her and all her hordes away.
32:21 The bravest of the warriors will speak to him from the midst of Sheol along with his allies , saying: ‘The uncircumcised have come down ; they lie still, killed by the sword .’
32:22 “Assyria is there with all her assembly around her grave , all of them struck down by the sword .
32:23 Their graves are located in the remote slopes of the pit . Her assembly is around her grave , all of them struck down by the sword , those who spread terror in the land of the living .
32:24 “Elam is there with all her hordes around her grave ; all of them struck down by the sword . They went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth , those who spread terror in the land of the living . Now they will bear their shame with those who descend to the pit .
32:25 Among the dead they have made a bed for her, along with all her hordes around her grave . All of them are uncircumcised , killed by the sword , for their terror had spread in the land of the living . They bear their shame along with those who descend to the pit ; they are placed among the dead .
32:26 “Meshech-Tubal is there , along with all her hordes around her grave . All of them are uncircumcised , killed by the sword , for they spread their terror in the land of the living .
32:27 They do not lie with the fallen warriors of ancient times , who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war , having their swords placed under their heads and their shields on their bones , when the terror of these warriors was in the land of the living .
32:28 “But as for you , in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken , and you will lie with those killed by the sword .
32:29 “Edom is there with her kings and all her princes . Despite their might they are laid with those killed by the sword ; they lie with the uncircumcised and those who descend to the pit .
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NET Notes -> Eze 32:1; Eze 32:2; Eze 32:2; Eze 32:3; Eze 32:4; Eze 32:4; Eze 32:4; Eze 32:4; Eze 32:5; Eze 32:6; Eze 32:7; Eze 32:9; Eze 32:11; Eze 32:11; Eze 32:13; Eze 32:13; Eze 32:14; Eze 32:17; Eze 32:18; Eze 32:18; Eze 32:18; Eze 32:18; Eze 32:19; Eze 32:19; Eze 32:19; Eze 32:22; Eze 32:22; Eze 32:23; Eze 32:23; Eze 32:25; Eze 32:26; Eze 32:27; Eze 32:27
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NET Notes: Eze 32:4 Heb “the beasts of the field,” referring to wild as opposed to domesticated animals.
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NET Notes: Eze 32:5 The Hebrew text is difficult here, apparently meaning “your height.” Following Symmachus and the Syriac, it is preferable to emend the tex...
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NET Notes: Eze 32:7 Heb “will not shine its light.” For similar features of cosmic eschatology, see Joel 2:10; 4:15; Amos 5:18-20; Zeph 1:5.
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NET Notes: Eze 32:13 Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.
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NET Notes: Eze 32:23 The only other occurrence of the phrase “remote slopes of the pit” is in Isa 14:15.
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NET Notes: Eze 32:25 Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).
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NET Notes: Eze 32:26 Heb “around him her graves,” but the expression is best emended to read “around her grave” (see vv. 23-24).
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