Ezekiel 32:2

Tree of Life Version

“Son of man, lift up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You compare yourself to a young lion of the nations, but you are a crocodile in the waters. You thrash about in your rivers and muddy the water with your feet and foul their streams.’”

Cross References

Genesis 49:9

A lion’s cub is Judah— from the prey, my son, you have gone up. He crouches, lies down like a lion, or like a lioness— who would rouse him?

Job 41:23

He makes the deep boil like a cauldron and stirs up the sea like a pot of ointment.

Job 7:12

Am I a sea, or a monster of the deep that You have set a watch over me?

Proverbs 25:26

Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous person who yields before the wicked.

Proverbs 28:15

Like a roaring lion or a prowling bear is a wicked ruler over helpless people.

Proverbs 30:30

a lion, mighty among beasts, who never backs down from anything;

Isaiah 27:1

In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.

Isaiah 51:9

Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of Adonai, awake, as in days of old, the generations of long ago. Was it not You who cut Rahab in pieces, who pierced the dragon?

Jeremiah 4:7

A lion has come up from his thicket— a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to make your land a wasteland. Your cities will lie in ruins, without inhabitant.

Jeremiah 46:7

Who is this, rising like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters churn?

Jeremiah 46:8

Egypt rises like the Nile, like the rivers whose waters churn. He says: ‘I will rise up, I will cover the earth, I will destroy the city and its inhabitants!’

Jeremiah 9:18

For a wailing voice is heard from Zion: “How we are ruined! We are utterly ashamed— we have forsaken the land, for they tore down our dwellings.”

Ezekiel 26:17

They will lift a lament for you and say to you: ‘How you have perished —you who were inhabited from the seas, the renowned city, strong in the sea, you and your inhabitants, who spread their terror for all your inhabitants!

Ezekiel 27:2

“You, son of man, lift up a lament for Tyre.

Ezekiel 27:32

In their wailing they will take up a lament for you. They will mourn over you: “Who was like Tyre—silenced in the midst of the sea?”

Ezekiel 28:12

“Son of man, lift up a lament for the king of Tyre. Say to him, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘You were the seal of perfection, full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

Ezekiel 29:15

It will be the lowliest of the kingdoms. It will no longer exalt itself above the nations. I will diminish them, so that they no longer rule over the nations.

Ezekiel 29:3

speak and say, thus says Adonai Elohim: ‘Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh King of Egypt, the great crocodile lying in his rivers, who says: “My Nile is my own —I made it for myself.”

Ezekiel 32:16

This is the funeral song —chant it, daughters of the nations, chant for Egypt. All her multitude will chant it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.

Ezekiel 32:18

“Son of man, wail over Egypt’s throng. Bring them down —her and the daughters of lofty nations, to the underworld, to those who go down to the pit.

Ezekiel 34:18

Was it too little for you that you were feeding in the good pasture? Must you trample down the rest of your pastures with your feet? You were drinking clear water. Must you muddy the rest with your feet?

Ezekiel 38:13

“Sheba, Dedan and the merchants of Tarshish with all its young lions will say to you: ‘Have you come to seize spoil? Have you assembled your company to plunder? To carry away silver and gold, to take away livestock and property, to make off with immense spoils?’

Numbers 24:9

He crouches like a lion or a lioness— who would rouse him? He who blesses you will be blessed, and he who curses you will be cursed.”

Matthew 7:24

“Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and does them will be like a wise man who built his house on the rock.