1. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:
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.