Ezekiel 32

Judgment Declared Ezekiel 32:3–10

³Verse 3. Thus says the Lord Yahweh:“I will spread out my net on you with a company of many peoples;and they will bring you up in my net.⁴Verse 4. I will leave you on the land.I will cast you out on the open field,and will cause all the birds of the sky to settle on you.I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth with you.⁵Verse 5. I will lay your flesh on the mountains,and fill the valleys with your height.⁶Verse 6. I will also water the land in which you swim with your blood,even to the mountains.The watercourses will be full of you.⁷Verse 7. When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavensand make its stars dark.I will cover the sun with a cloud,and the moon won’t give its light.⁸Verse 8. I will make all the bright lights of the sky dark over you,and set darkness on your land,” says the Lord Yahweh.⁹Verse 9. “I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples,when I bring your destruction among the nations,into the countries which you have not known.¹⁰Verse 10. Yes, I will make many peoples amazed at you,and their kings will be horribly afraid for you,when I brandish my sword before them.They will tremble at every moment,every man for his own life,in the day of your fall.”

Fall by the Sword Ezekiel 32:11–15

¹¹Verse 11. For thus says the Lord Yahweh:“The sword of the king of Babylon will come on you.¹²Verse 12. I will cause your multitude to fall by the swords of the mighty.They are all the ruthless of the nations.They will bring the pride of Egypt to nothing,and all its multitude will be destroyed.¹³Verse 13. I will destroy also all its animals from beside many waters.The foot of man won’t trouble them any more,nor will the hoofs of animals trouble them.¹⁴Verse 14. Then I will make their waters clear,and cause their rivers to run like oil,”says the Lord Yahweh.¹⁵Verse 15. “When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste,a land destitute of that of which it was full,when I strike all those who dwell therein,then they will know that I am Yahweh.

Wailing Over Egypt Ezekiel 32:16–21

¹⁶Verse 16. “‘“This is the lamentation with which they will lament. The daughters of the nations will lament with this. They will lament with it over Egypt, and over all her multitude,” says the Lord Yahweh.’” ¹⁷Verse 17. Also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, Yahweh’s word came to me, saying, ¹⁸Verse 18. “Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her and the daughters of the famous nations, to the lower parts of the earth, with those who go down into the pit. ¹⁹Verse 19. Whom do you pass in beauty? Go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

²⁰Verse 20. They will fall among those who are slain by the sword. She is delivered to the sword. Draw her away with all her multitudes. ²¹Verse 21. The strong among the mighty will speak to him out of the middle of Sheol with those who help him. They have gone down. The uncircumcised lie still, slain by the sword.

Descent to Sheol Ezekiel 32:22–30

²²Verse 22. “Asshur is there with all her company. Her graves are all around her. All of them slain, fallen by the sword; ²³Verse 23. whose graves are set in the uttermost parts of the pit, and her company is around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who caused terror in the land of the living. ²⁴Verse 24. “There is Elam and all her multitude around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who have gone down uncircumcised into the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit.

²⁵Verse 25. They have set her a bed among the slain with all her multitude. Her graves are around her; all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for their terror was caused in the land of the living, and they have borne their shame with those who go down to the pit. He is put among those who are slain. ²⁶Verse 26. “There is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude. Their graves are around them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they caused their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷Verse 27. They will not lie with the mighty who are fallen of the uncircumcised, who have gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war, and have laid their swords under their heads, and their iniquities are on their bones; for they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

²⁸Verse 28. “But you will be broken among the uncircumcised, and will lie with those who are slain by the sword. ²⁹Verse 29. “There is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with those who are slain by the sword. They will lie with the uncircumcised, and with those who go down to the pit. ³⁰Verse 30. “There are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who have gone down with the slain. They are put to shame in the terror which they caused by their might. They lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

Pharaoh's Finality Ezekiel 32:31–32

³¹Verse 31. “Pharaoh will see them, and will be comforted over all his multitude, even Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword,” says the Lord Yahweh. ³²Verse 32. “For I have put his terror in the land of the living. He will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his multitude,” says the Lord Yahweh.