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Ezekiel 32:2

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‘Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him,
“You were likened to a young lion of the nations;
yet you are as a monster in the seas.
You broke out with your rivers,
and troubled the waters with your feet,
and fouled their rivers.”

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Ezekiel 32:2 in other translations

Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast likened unto a young lion of the nations: yet art thou as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

Ezekiel 32:2 · American Standard Version

Ezekiel 32:2 in context

  1. 1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, “Yahweh’s word came to me, saying,
  2. 2‘Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and tell him,
    “You were likened to a young lion of the nations;
    yet you are as a monster in the seas.
    You broke out with your rivers,
    and troubled the waters with your feet,
    and fouled their rivers.”
  3. 3The Lord Yahweh says:
    “I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples;
    and they will bring you up in my net.
  4. 4I will leave you on the land.
    I will cast you out on the open field,
    and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you.
    I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.