2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt and tell him I am saying:You act like a lionroaming the earth;but you are nothing more thana crocodile in a river,churning up muddy waterwith your feet.
3 King of Egypt, listen to me. I, the Lord God, will catch you in my net and let a crowd of foreigners drag you to shore.
4 I will throw you into an open field, where birds and animals will come to feed on your flesh.
5 I will spread your rotting flesh over the mountains and in the valleys,
6 and your blood will flow throughout the land and fill up the streams.
7 I will cover the whole sky and every star with thick clouds, so that the sun and moon will stop shining.
8 The heavens will become black, leaving your country in total darkness. I, the Lord God, have spoken.