A
Lament For Pharaoh
In
the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day,
The
Word of the Lord came to me:
2
'Son of man, take up a Lament
Concerning
Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
'You
are like a lion among the Nations;
You
are like a monster in the seas
Thrashing
about in your streams,
Churning
the water with your feet and muddying the streams.
3
'THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
'With
a great throng of people
I
WILL CAST MY NET OVER YOU,
And
they will Haul you up on My Net.
4 I
WILL THROW YOU ON THE LAND AND HURL YOU ON THE OPEN FIELD.
I
will let all the birds of the air settle on you
And
all the beasts of the Earth Gorge themselves on you.
5 I
WILL SPREAD YOUR FLESH ON THE MOUNTAINS
And
fill the Valley with your Remains.
6 I
WILL DRENCH THE LAND WITH YOUR FLOWING BLOOD
All
the way to the mountains,
And
the ravines will be filled with your flesh.
7
WHEN I SNUFF YOU OUT,
I
WILL COVER THE HEAVENS AND DARKEN THEIR STARS;
I
WILL COVER THE SUN WITH A CLOUD,
AND
THE MOON WILL NOT GIVE ITS LIGHT.
8
ALL THE SHINING LIGHTS IN THE HEAVENS
I
WILL DARKEN OVER YOU;
I
WILL BRING DARKNESS OVER YOUR LAND,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
9
'I WILL TROUBLE THE HEARTS OF MANY PEOPLES
WHEN
I BRING ABOUT YOUR DESTRUCTION AMONG THE NATIONS,
AMONG
LANDS YOU HAVE NOT KNOWN.
10
I WILL CAUSE MANY PEOPLES TO BE APPALLED AT YOU,
AND
THEIR KINGS WILL SHUDDER WITH HORROR BECAUSE OF YOU
WHEN
I BRANDISH MY SWORD BEFORE THEM.
On
the day of your down fall each of them will Tremble
Every
moment for his life.
11'
FOR THIS IS WHAT THE SOVEREIGN LORD SAYS:
'THE
SWORD OF THE KING OF BABYLON WILL COME AGAINST YOU.
12
I WILL CAUSE YOUR HORDS TO FALL BY THE SWORDS OF MIGHTY MEN--
THE
MOST RUTHLESS OF ALL NATIONS.
THEY
WILL SHATTER THE PRIDE OF EGYPT,
AND
ALL HER HORDES WILL BE OVERTHROWN.
13
I will Destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters
No
longer to be stirred by the foot of man
Or
muddied by the hoofs of cattle.
14
Then I will let her waters settle
And
make her steams flow like oil,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
15
WHEN I MAKE EGYPT DESOLATE
AND
STRIP THE LAND OF EVERYTHING IN IT,
WHEN
I STRIKE DOWN ALL WHO LIVE THEE,
THEN
THEY WILL KNOW THAT I AM THE LORD.'
16 This
is the Lament they will chant for her.
The
daughters of the Nations will chant it;
For
Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.'
17
In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,
The
Word of the lord came to me:
18
'Son of man, Wail for the hordes of Egypt
And
Consign to the Earth below
Both
her and the daughters of Mighty Nations,
THOSE
WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT.
19
Say the them,
'ARE
YOU MORE FAVORED THAN OTHERS?
GO
DOWN AND BE LAID AMONG THE UNCIRCUMCISED.'
20
They will fall among those killed by the Sword.
The
Sword is drawn;
Let
her be Dragged off with all her hordes.
21
FROM WITHIN THE GRAVE
THE
MIGHTY LEADERS WILL SAY OF EGYPT AND HER ALLIES,
THEY
HAVE COME DOWN AND THEY LIE WITH THE UNCIRCUMCISED,
WITH THOSE
KILLED BY THE SWORD.'
22
'Assyria is there with her whole army;
She
is surrounded by the graves of all her slain,
All
who have fallen by the Sword.
23
THEIR GRAVES ARE IN THE DEPTHS OF THE PIT
And
her army lies around her grave.
ALL
WHO HAVE SPREAD TERROR IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING
ARE
SLAIN BY THE SWORD.
24
'Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave.
All
of them are Slain, fallen by the Sword.
ALL
WHO HAVE SPREAD TERROR IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING
WENT
DOWN UNCIRCUMCISED TO THE EARTH BELOW.
THEY
BEAR THEIR SHAME WITH THOSE WHO DO DOWN TO THE PIT.
25
A bed is made for her among the Slain,
With
all her hordes around her grave.
ALL
OF THEM UNCIRCUMCISED, KILLED BY THE SWORD.
Because
their Terror had spread in the land of the living,
THEY
BEAR THEIR SHAME WITH THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT;
They
are laid among the Slain.
26
'Mesheck and Tubal are there,
With
all their hordes around their graves.
ALL
OF THEM UNCIRCUMCISED;
Killed
by the Sword
Because
they spread their Terror in the land of the living.
27
DO THEY NOT LIE
WITH
THE OTHER UNCIRCUMCISED WARRIORS WHO HAVE FALLEN,
WHO
WENT DOWN TO THE GRAVE WITH THEIR WEAPONS OF WAR,
WHOSE
SWORDS WERE PLACED UNDER THEIR HEADS?
THE
PUNISHMENT FOR THEIR SINS RESTED ON THEIR BONES,
THOUGH
THE TERROR OF THESE WARRIORS
HAD
STALKED THROUGH THE LAND OF THE LIVING.
28
'YOU TOO, O PHARAOH WILL BE BROKEN
AND
WILL LIE AMONG THE UNCIRCUMCISED,
WITH
THOSE KILLED BY THE SWORD.
29
'Edom is there, here kings and all her Princes;
Despite
their power, they are laid with those killed by the Sword.
THEY
LIE WITH THE UNMCIRCUCISED,
WITH
THOSE WHO GO DOWN TO THE PIT.
30
'All the Princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there;
They
went down with the Slain in Disgrace
Despite
the Terror caused by their power.
THEY
LIE UNCIRCUMCISED WITH THOSE KILLED BY THE SWORD
AND
BEAR THE SHAME WITH THOSE WHO DO DOWN TO THE PIT.
31
'Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see themselves
And
he will be consoled for all his hordes
That
were killed by the Sword,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.
32
Although I had him spread Terror in the land of the living,
Pharaoh
and all his hordes will be laid among the Uncircumcised,
With
those killed by the Sword,
DECLARES
THE SOVEREIGN LORD.'
(Ezekiel
32)
All
of the Uncircumcised from the beginning of the World
Have
gone done to the Pit—to Hell.
Who
are the Uncircumcised?
They
are All who have not been Born Again,
Born
of the Spirit of the Living God,
And
who did not walk in the light of Christ--
In
the Light of the Word of God.
Today,
virtually, the Whole World us Uncircumcised,
And
will go down to the Pit. (Revelation 13)
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