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Ezekiel 32:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2Son 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.
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Role in This Section
The prophetic lament introduces or commands “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art…” at Ezekiel 32:2 as “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature” develops.
Read It With
- Ezekiel 32:1–10
Read Ezekiel 32:2 with 32:1–10. By itself, “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, exilic horizon, visionary movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Pharaoh's self-image as young lion is recast as a river creature netted, exposed, and used in cosmic-darkness imagery that astonishes nations and terrifies kings.
Why It Needs Context
This context pointer tracks one step in Ezekiel 32:1–10: The prophetic lament introduces or commands “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou art…” at Ezekiel 32:2 as “A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea Creature” develops. Read the thought unit before assigning enduring truth or application.
Continue in Context
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Read Ezekiel 32:1–10 — A Lament Casts Pharaoh as a Captured Sea CreatureSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Ezekiel 32:1–10, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Ezekiel
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ezek.xml, OSIS 32:1–10
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