Ezekiel 32:2
Ezekiel · Old Testament · Chapter 32
“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.”Ezekiel 32:2
What Does Ezekiel 32:2 Mean?
Ezekiel 32:2 is found in the book of Ezekiel, chapter 32, verse 2 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to Ezekiel 32:2 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Ezekiel 29:3“Speak, and say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lieth in the midst of his rivers, which hath said, My river is mine own, and I have made it for myself.”Isaiah 27:1“In that day the LORD with his sore and great and strong sword shall punish leviathan the piercing serpent, even leviathan that crooked serpent; and he shall slay the dragon that is in the sea.”Ezekiel 32:18“Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.”Nahum 2:11“Where is the dwelling of the lions, and the feedingplace of the young lions, where the lion, even the old lion, walked, and the lion’s whelp, and none made them afraid?”Ezekiel 27:2“Now, thou son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyrus;”Ezekiel 32:16“This is the lamentation wherewith they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall lament her: they shall lament for her, even for Egypt, and for all her multitude, saith the Lord GOD.”Ezekiel 38:13“Sheba, and Dedan, and the merchants of Tarshish, with all the young lions thereof, shall say unto thee, Art thou come to take a spoil? hast thou gathered thy company to take a prey? to carry away silver and gold, to take away cattle and goods, to take a great spoil?”Psalms 74:13“Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou brakest the heads of the dragons in the waters.”Jeremiah 4:7“The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant.”Ezekiel 19:1“Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,”Ezekiel 28:12“Son of man, take up a lamentation upon the king of Tyrus, and say unto him, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Thou sealest up the sum, full of wisdom, and perfect in beauty.”Ezekiel 29:15“It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations: for I will diminish them, that they shall no more rule over the nations.”Ezekiel 34:18“Seemeth it a small thing unto you to have eaten up the good pasture, but ye must tread down with your feet the residue of your pastures? and to have drunk of the deep waters, but ye must foul the residue with your feet?”Genesis 49:9“Judah is a lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up?”Numbers 24:9“He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up? Blessed is he that blesseth thee, and cursed is he that curseth thee.”Job 7:12“Am I a sea, or a whale, that thou settest a watch over me?”Proverbs 25:26“A righteous man falling down before the wicked is as a troubled fountain, and a corrupt spring.”Proverbs 28:15“As a roaring lion, and a ranging bear; so is a wicked ruler over the poor people.”Isaiah 51:9“Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon?”Jeremiah 9:18“And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.”
People & Places
PharaohEgypt
Study Ezekiel 32:2 in the ScriptureVerse app
Every verse in the app has a study sheet with its cross-references (OpenBible.info's 344,799) and commentary, and an AI Bible Teacher that shows the verses behind its answers. Coming to iPhone on February 10, 2027.
Join the waitlist