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1 It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me:
2 "Human, sing a funeral song about the king of Egypt. Say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations. You are like a crocodile in the seas. You splash around in your streams and stir up the water with your feet, making the rivers muddy.
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“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 Lord God says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a large group of people to pull you up in my net.
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“ ‘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 Then I will throw you on the land dropping you onto the ground. I will let the birds of the sky rest on you and all the animals of the earth eat you until they are full.
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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 scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with what is left of you.
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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 as far as the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your flesh.
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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 make you disappear, I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
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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 I will make all the shining lights in the sky become dark over you; I will bring darkness over your land, says the Lord God.
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All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD.
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