Ezekiel 32:20 — Meaning and Application

Ezekiel 32:1

"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,"

Ezekiel 32:2

"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. {whale: or, dragon}"

Ezekiel 32:3

"Thus saith the Lord GOD; I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many people; and they shall bring thee up in my net."

Ezekiel 32:4

"Then will I leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee."

Ezekiel 32:5

"And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with thy height."

Ezekiel 32:6

"I will also water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, {even} to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee. {the land wherein...: or, the land of thy swimming}"