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Ezekiel 32:1-2
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Ezekiel 32:1-2
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Pharaoh: a Lion or a Dragon?
32 On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year of exile,[a] the word of the Lord came to me. He said, 2 “Son of man,[b] sing this sad song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say to him:
“‘You thought you were like a powerful young lion walking proud among the nations.
But really, you are like a dragon[c] in the lakes.
You push your way through the streams.
You make the water muddy with your feet
and stir up the rivers of Egypt.’”
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 32:1 twelfth year of exile This was early spring, 585 B.C. Also in verse 17.
- Ezekiel 32:2 Son of man This was usually just a way of saying “a person” or “a human being.” Here, it is a way of addressing Ezekiel. Also in verse 18.
- Ezekiel 32:2 dragon This might be a crocodile or a giant sea creature. The giant sea creature represented the power of the sea, and the Nile River made Egypt a powerful nation.
Ezekiel 32:1-2
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Ezekiel 32:1-2
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A Lament Over Pharaoh
32 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the Lord came to me:(A) 2 “Son of man, take up a lament(B) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:
Ezekiel 32:1-2
King James Version
Ezekiel 32:1-2
King James Version
32 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,
2 Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou art as a whale in the seas: and thou camest forth with thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.
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