Text -- Ezekiel 32:1-3 (NET)

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.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Eze 32:1

¹ sn This would be March 3, 585 b.c.

NET Notes: Eze 32:2

¹ tn The lion was a figure of royalty (Ezek 19:1-9).

² tc The Hebrew reads “their streams”; the LXX reads “your streams.”

NET Notes: Eze 32:3

¹ tn The expression “throw my net” is common in Ezekiel (12:13; 17:20; 19:8).