1. On March 3, during the twelfth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity, this message came to me from the lord:
2. “Son of man, mourn for Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and give him this message:“You think of yourself as a strong young lion among the nations,but you are really just a sea monster,heaving around in your own rivers,stirring up mud with your feet.
3. Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says:I will send many peopleto catch you in my netand haul you out of the water.
4. I will leave you stranded on the land to die.All the birds of the heavens will land on you,and the wild animals of the whole earthwill gorge themselves on you.
5. I will scatter your flesh on the hillsand fill the valleys with your bones.
6. I will drench the earth with your gushing bloodall the way to the mountains,filling the ravines to the brim.
7. When I blot you out,I will veil the heavens and darken the stars.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon will not give you its light.