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‘Son of man, sing a funeral song about Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Say this to him:

“You have shown your power among the nations,
like a strong lion.
But really you are a monster who lives in the sea.
You live in the rivers of your country.
You beat the water with your feet.
The water of your streams becomes dirty.

This is what the Almighty Lord says:

I will bring a big crowd of people together
to catch you in my net.
They will use my net to pull you out of the water.
I will throw you onto dry ground
and I will leave you there.
I will bring the birds to fly down from the sky
and sit on you.
I will bring the wild animals to feed themselves on you,
and eat as much as they want.

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