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href="../ezekiel/31.htm" title="Ezekiel 31">◄</a> Ezekiel 32 <a href="../ezekiel/33.htm" title="Ezekiel 33">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/ezekiel/32.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="hdg">A Warning for Pharaoh</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>On March 3,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations,</p><p class="line2">but you are really just a sea monster,</p><p class="line1">heaving around in your own rivers,</p><p class="line2">stirring up mud with your feet.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says:</p><p class="line1">I will send many people</p><p class="line2">to catch you in my net</p><p class="line2">and haul you out of the water.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will leave you stranded on the land to die.</p><p class="line2">All the birds of the heavens will land on you,</p><p class="line1">and the wild animals of the whole earth</p><p class="line2">will gorge themselves on you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I will scatter your flesh on the hills</p><p class="line2">and fill the valleys with your bones.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I will drench the earth with your gushing blood</p><p class="line2">all the way to the mountains,</p><p class="line2">filling the ravines to the brim.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>When I blot you out,</p><p class="line2">I will veil the heavens and darken the stars.</p><p class="line1">I will cover the sun with a cloud,</p><p class="line2">and the moon will not give you its light.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will darken the bright stars overhead</p><p class="line2">and cover your land in darkness.</p><p class="line2">I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!</p><p class="b"/><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“I will disturb many hearts when I bring news of your downfall to distant nations you have never seen. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Yes, I will shock many lands, and their kings will be terrified at your fate. They will shudder in fear for their lives as I brandish my sword before them on the day of your fall. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>For this is what the Sovereign LORD says:</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">“The sword of the king of Babylon</p><p class="line2">will come against you.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>I will destroy your hordes with the swords of mighty warriors—</p><p class="line2">the terror of the nations.</p><p class="line1">They will shatter the pride of Egypt,</p><p class="line2">and all its hordes will be destroyed.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>I will destroy all your flocks and herds</p><p class="line2">that graze beside the streams.</p><p class="line1">Never again will people or animals</p><p class="line2">muddy those waters with their feet.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again,</p><p class="line2">and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil,</p><p class="line2">says the Sovereign LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>And when I destroy Egypt</p><p class="line2">and strip you of everything you own</p><p class="line1">and strike down all your people,</p><p class="line2">then you will know that I am the LORD.</p><p class="line1"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Yes, this is the funeral song</p><p class="line2">they will sing for Egypt.</p><p class="line1">Let all the nations mourn.</p><p class="line2">Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.</p><p class="line2">I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><p class="hdg">Egypt Falls into the Pit</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>On March 17,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the LORD: <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Say to them,</p><p class="b"/><p class="line1">‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other nations?</p><p class="line2">No! So go down to the pit and lie there among the outcasts.<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">d</span></a>’</p><p class="b"/><p class="m"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The Egyptians will fall with the many who have died by the sword, for the sword is drawn against them. Egypt and its hordes will be dragged away to their judgment. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Down in the grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">e</span></a> mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes slaughtered by the sword.’</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>“Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>“Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>“Meshech and Tubal are there, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. They once struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere. But now they are outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-27.htm"><b>27</b></a></span>They are not buried in honor like their fallen heroes, who went down to the grave<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">f</span></a> with their weapons—their shields covering their bodies<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">g</span></a> and their swords beneath their heads. Their guilt rests upon them because they brought terror to everyone while they were still alive.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-28.htm"><b>28</b></a></span>“You too, Egypt, will lie crushed and broken among the outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-29.htm"><b>29</b></a></span>“Edom is there with its kings and princes. Mighty as they were, they also lie among those slaughtered by the sword, with the outcasts who have gone down to the pit.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-30.htm"><b>30</b></a></span>“All the princes of the north and the Sidonians are there with others who have died. Once a terror, they have been put to shame. They lie there as outcasts with others who were slaughtered by the sword. They share the shame of all who have descended to the pit.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-31.htm"><b>31</b></a></span>“When Pharaoh and his entire army arrive, he will take comfort that he is not alone in having his hordes killed, says the Sovereign LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/ezekiel/32-32.htm"><b>32</b></a></span>Although I have caused his terror to fall upon all the living, Pharaoh and his hordes will lie there among the outcasts who were slaughtered by the sword. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!”</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:1 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">On the first day of the twelfth month,</span><span class="ft"> of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar. This event occurred on March 3, 585 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; also see note on 1:1.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">On the fifteenth day of the month,</span><span class="ft"> presumably in the twelfth month of the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar (see 32:1). This would put this message at the end of King Jehoiachin’s twelfth year of captivity, on March 17, 585 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">; also see note on 1:1. Greek version reads </span><span class="it">On the fifteenth day of the first month,</span><span class="ft"> which would put this message on April 27, 586 </span><span class="sc">b.c.</span><span class="ft">, at the beginning of Jehoiachin’s twelfth year.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:18 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br><span class="fn">d</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:19 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">the uncircumcised;</span><span class="ft"> also in 32:21, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 30, 32.</span><br><span class="fn">e</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:21 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">in Sheol.</span><br><span class="fn">f</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:27a </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">to Sheol.</span><br><span class="fn">g</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">32:27b </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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