Ezekiel 32:1

The prophecy is dated the first of the twelfth month of the twelfth year, nearly a year and seven months after the fall of Jerusalem. Syr. reads eleventhyear.

Final prophecy against Pharaoh

The chapter contains two parts:

First, Ezekiel 32:1. A lament over Pharaoh.

Second, Ezekiel 32:17. A funeral dirge over the interment of him and his multitude.

The line of thought in Ezekiel 32:1 resembles that in the other Chapter s:

(1) Ezekiel 32:1. Pharaoh, represented as a dragon in the waters, is dragged out by the net of Jehovah, and flung upon the land, where all fowls and beasts feed on him. His carcase fills the land and his blood the water-courses.

(2) Ezekiel 32:7. Shock of nature and commotion among the nations, even the most distant and unknown to Egypt, over his fall.

(3) Ezekiel 32:11. The instrument of his destruction is the king of Babylon. The overthrow of Pharaoh and his people shall be complete. The land shall be desolate and life shall cease in it; no foot of living creature, man or beast, shall trouble its waters, which shall run smooth and dead.