Ezekiel 32:2
King James Version
8 Jun 2026
“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.”
מַיִם
Waters. Mayim. God gathered the waters and called them seas. Jesus said rivers of living water will flow from within those who believe in Him.
מֶלֶךְ
the king of
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מֶלֶךְ
King. Melek. A ruler with supreme authority. The LORD is King forever and ever. Every earthly king is answerable to the King of kings.
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בֵּן
O son of
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בֵּן
Son. Ben. A son with full rights. You are sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus. Full rights. Full access. Full inheritance.
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נָשָׂא
take up
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נָשָׂא
To lift up, to bear, to forgive. Nasa. God lifts the weight of guilt. He carries what we cannot carry.
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גּוֹי
nations
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גּוֹי
a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
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נָהָר
rivers/ their
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נָהָר
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity
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כְּפִיר
a young lion of
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כְּפִיר
a village (as covered in by walls); also a young lion (perhaps as covered with a mane)
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קִינָה
a lamentation
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קִינָה
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
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דָּמָה
you became like
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דָּמָה
to compare; by implication, to resemble, liken, consider
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פַּרְעֹה
Pharaoh
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פַּרְעֹה
Paroh, a general title of Egyptian kings
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מִצְרַיִם
Egypt
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מִצְרַיִם
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
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