Verse 2

“Son of man, sing a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him:“‘You were like a lion among the nations, but you are a monster in the seas; you thrash about in your streams, stir up the water with your feet, and muddy your streams.

Referenced Verses

  • Ezek 29:3 : 3 Tell them,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said,“My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.”
  • Ezek 27:2 : 2 “You, son of man, sing a lament for Tyre.
  • Nah 2:11-13 : 11 Taunt against the Once-Mighty Lion Where now is the den of the lions, and the feeding place of the young lions, where the lion, lioness, and lion cub once prowled and no one disturbed them? 12 The lion tore apart as much prey as his cubs needed and strangled prey for his lionesses; he filled his lairs with prey and his dens with torn flesh. 13 Battle Cry of the Divine Warrior“I am against you!” declares the LORD of Heaven’s Armies:“I will burn your chariots with fire; the sword will devour your young lions; you will no longer prey upon the land; the voices of your messengers will no longer be heard.”
  • Ezek 19:1-6 : 1 Lament for the Princes of Israel“And you, sing a lament for the princes of Israel, 2 and say:“‘What a lioness was your mother among the lions! She lay among young lions; she reared her cubs. 3 She reared one of her cubs; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people. 4 The nations heard about him; he was trapped in their pit. They brought him with hooks to the land of Egypt. 5 “‘When she realized that she waited in vain, her hope was lost. She took another of her cubs and made him a young lion. 6 He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.
  • Ezek 28:12 : 12 “Son of man, sing a lament for the king of Tyre, and say to him,‘This is what the Sovereign LORD says:“‘You were the sealer of perfection, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.
  • Ezek 32:16 : 16 This is a lament; they will chant it. The daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes, declares the Sovereign LORD.”
  • Ezek 34:18 : 18 Is it not enough for you to feed on the good pasture, that you must trample the rest of your pastures with your feet? When you drink clean water, must you muddy the rest of the water by trampling it with your feet?
  • Ezek 38:13 : 13 Sheba and Dedan and the traders of Tarshish with all its young warriors will say to you,“Have you come to loot? Have you assembled your armies to plunder, to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to haul away a great amount of spoils?”’
  • Isa 27:1 : 1 At that time the LORD will punish with his destructive, great, and powerful sword Leviathan the fast-moving serpent, Leviathan the squirming serpent; he will kill the sea monster.
  • Jer 4:7 : 7 Like a lion that has come up from its lair the one who destroys nations has set out from his home base. He is coming out to lay your land waste. Your cities will become ruins and lie uninhabited.
  • Jer 9:18 : 18 I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
  • Jer 46:8 : 8 Egypt rises like the Nile, like its streams turbulent at flood stage. Egypt said,‘I will arise and cover the earth. I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’
  • Isa 51:9 : 9 Wake up! Wake up! Clothe yourself with strength, O arm of the LORD! Wake up as in former times, as in antiquity! Did you not smash the Proud One? Did you not wound the sea monster?
  • Gen 49:9 : 9 You are a lion’s cub, Judah, from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches and lies down like a lion; like a lioness– who will rouse him?
  • Num 24:9 : 9 They crouch and lie down like a lion, and as a lioness, who can stir him? Blessed is the one who blesses you, and cursed is the one who curses you!’”
  • Ps 74:13-14 : 13 You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water. 14 You crushed the heads of Leviathan; you fed him to the people who live along the coast.
  • Prov 28:15 : 15 Like a roaring lion or a roving bear, so is a wicked ruler over a poor people.
  • Ezek 32:18 : 18 “Son of man, wail over the horde of Egypt. Bring it down; bring her and the daughters of powerful nations down to the lower parts of the earth, along with those who descend to the Pit.
  • Ezek 27:32 : 32 As they wail they will lament over you, chanting:“Who was like Tyre, like a tower in the midst of the sea?”