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1 In
the twelfth year,
in the twelfth
month, in the first
day of the
month, “the LORD’s
word came to
me, saying,
2 ‘Son
of man, take
up a lamentation
over Pharaoh king
of Egypt, and tell
him,
“You were likened
to a young
lion of the
nations;
yet you are
as a monster in
the seas.
You broke out
with your rivers,
and troubled the
waters with your
feet,
and fouled their
rivers.”
3 The
Lord GOD says:
“I will spread
out my net
on you with
a company of
many peoples.
They will bring
you up in
my net.
4 I
will leave you
on the land.
I will cast
you out on
the open field,
and will cause
all the birds
of the sky
to settle on
you.
I will satisfy
the animals of
the whole earth
with you.
5 I
will lay your
flesh on the
mountains,
and fill the
valleys with your
height.
6 I
will also water
the land in which
you swim with your
blood,
even to the
mountains.
The watercourses will
be full of
you.
7 When
I extinguish you,
I will cover
the heavens
and make its
stars dark.
I will cover
the sun with
a cloud,
and the moon won’t
give its light.
8 I
will make all
the bright lights
of the sky
dark over you,
and set darkness
on your land,”
says the Lord
GOD.
9 “I
will also trouble
the hearts of
many peoples,
when I bring
your destruction
among the nations,
into the countries
which you have
not known.
10 Yes, I
will make many
peoples amazed at
you,
and their kings
will be horribly
afraid for you,
when I brandish
my sword before
them.
They will tremble
at every moment,
every man for
his own life,
in the day
of your fall.”
11 For
the Lord GOD
says:
“The sword of
the king of Babylon
will come on you.
12 I
will cause your
multitude to fall
by the swords
of the mighty.
They are all
the ruthless of
the nations.
They will bring
the pride of
Egypt to nothing,
and all its
multitude will be
destroyed.
13 I
will destroy also
all its animals
from beside many
waters.
The foot of
man won’t trouble
them any more,
nor will the
hoofs of animals
trouble them.
14 Then I
will make their
waters clear,
and cause their
rivers to run
like oil,”
says the Lord
GOD.
15 “When
I make the land
of Egypt desolate
and waste,
a land destitute
of that of
which it was
full,
when I strike
all those who
dwell therein,
then they will
know that I
am the LORD.
16 “ ‘ “This
is the lamentation
with which they
will lament. The
daughters of the
nations will
lament with this.
They will lament
with it over
Egypt, and over
all her multitude,”
says the Lord
GOD.’ ”
17 Also
in the twelfth
year, in the
fifteenth day of
the month, the
LORD’s word came
to me, saying,
18 “Son
of man, wail
for the multitude
of Egypt, and cast
them down, even
her and the
daughters of
the famous nations,
to the lower
parts of the earth,
with those who
go down into
the pit.
19 Whom
do you pass in
beauty? Go down,
and be laid with
the uncircumcised.
20 They
will fall among
those who are
slain by the
sword. She is
delivered to the
sword. Draw her
away with all
her multitudes.
21 The
strong among the
mighty will speak
to him out
of the middle
of Sheol
with those who
help him. They
have gone down.
The uncircumcised
lie still, slain
by the sword.
22 “Asshur is
there with all
her company. Her
graves are all
around her. All
of them are
slain, fallen by
the sword,
23 whose
graves are set
in the uttermost
parts of the pit,
and her company
is around her
grave, all of
them slain, fallen
by the sword,
who caused terror
in the land of
the living.
24 “There
is Elam and
all her multitude
around her grave;
all of them
slain, fallen by
the sword, who
have gone down
uncircumcised into
the lower parts
of the earth, who
caused their
terror in the land
of the living,
and have borne
their shame with
those who go
down to the pit.
25 They
have made Elam a
bed among the
slain with all
her multitude. Her
graves are around
her, all of
them uncircumcised,
slain by the
sword; for their
terror was caused
in the land of
the living, and
they have borne
their shame with
those who go
down to the pit.
He is put
among those who
are slain.
26 “There
is Meshech, Tubal,
and all their
multitude. Their
graves are around
them, all of
them uncircumcised,
slain by the
sword; for they
caused their
terror in the land
of the living.
27 They
will not lie
with the mighty
who are fallen
of the
uncircumcised, who
have gone down
to Sheol with
their weapons of
war and have
laid their swords
under their heads.
Their iniquities
are on their
bones; for they
were the terror
of the mighty
in the land of
the living.
28 “But you
will be broken
among the
uncircumcised, and
will lie with those
who are slain
by the sword.
29 “There
is Edom, her kings,
and all her
princes, who in
their might are
laid with those
who are slain
by the sword.
They will lie
with the
uncircumcised, and
with those who
go down to
the pit.
30 “There
are the princes
of the north,
all of them,
and all the
Sidonians, who
have gone down
with the slain.
They are put
to shame in
the terror which
they caused by
their might. They
lie uncircumcised
with those who
are slain by
the sword, and
bear their shame
with those who
go down to
the pit.
31 “Pharaoh
will see them
and will be
comforted over all
his multitude,
even Pharaoh and
all his army,
slain by the
sword,” says the
Lord GOD.
32 “For
I have put
his terror in
the land of the
living. He will
be laid among
the uncircumcised,
with those who
are slain by
the sword, even
Pharaoh and all
his multitude,”
says the Lord
GOD.