¹ 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 in 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 sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you. ⁵ I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys 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.