1. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me saying,
2. "Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 'You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.'"
3. Thus says the Lord God, "Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net.
4. "I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the open field. And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you.
5. "I will lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse.