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.
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.
4. I will leave you on the ground,I will fling you on the open field,I will allow all the birds of the sky to settle on you,and I will permit all the wild animals to gorge themselves on you.