1 A nd it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, that the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

On the first day of the twelfth month in the twelfth year, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

2 S on of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say unto him, Thou wast like a young lion among the nations, and thou wast as a monster in the seas; and thou didst break forth in thy rivers, and troubledst the waters with thy feet, and fouledst their rivers.

“Son of man, sing a song of sorrow for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, ‘You compared yourself to a young lion among the nations, yet you are like the big dragon in the seas. You go through your rivers, troubling the water with your feet and making the rivers muddy.’”

3 T hus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also spread out my net over thee with an assemblage of many peoples; and they shall bring thee up in my net.

The Lord God says, “Now I will throw My net over you with an army of many nations. They will lift you up in My net.

4 A nd I will leave thee upon the land, I will cast thee forth upon the open field, and will cause all the fowl of the heavens to settle upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

And I will leave you on the land. I will throw you on the open field. I will have all the birds of the air live on you. And I will feed you to the wild animals of the earth.

5 A nd I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains, and fill the valleys with the heap of thy;

I will lay your flesh on the mountains, and fill the valleys with what is left of you.

6 a nd I will water with thy blood the land wherein thou swimmest, even to the mountains; and the water-courses shall be full of thee.

I will make the land drink your flowing blood as far as the mountains, and the deep valleys will be full of you.

7 A nd when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heavens, and make the stars thereof black; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

When I destroy you, I will cover the heavens and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.

8 A ll the bright lights of the heavens will I make black over thee, and bring darkness upon thy land, saith the Lord Jehovah.

I will make all the shining lights in the heavens dark over you, and bring darkness upon your land,” says the Lord God.

9 A nd I will vex the heart of many peoples, when I bring thy destruction among the nations, into the countries that thou hast not known.

“I will trouble the hearts of many people when I destroy you among the nations, among lands you have not known.

10 A nd I will make many peoples amazed at thee, and their kings shall be horribly afraid at thee, when I brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at every moment, each one for his life, in the day of thy fall.

I will fill many nations with fear and wonder because of you. Their kings will shake in fear for you when I wave My sword in front of them. Every man will keep shaking in fear for his own life, on the day you are destroyed.”

11 F or thus saith the Lord Jehovah: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

For the Lord God says, “The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.

12 B y the swords of the mighty will I cause thy multitude to fall: the terrible of the nations are they all: and they shall spoil the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be destroyed.

I will cause your people to be killed by the swords of powerful men who will have no pity, all of them strong rulers of the nations. They will destroy the pride of Egypt and kill all its people.

13 A nd I will destroy all the beasts thereof, from beside the great waters; and the foot of man shall not trouble them any more, nor shall the cloven hoofs of beasts trouble them.

I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters. No foot of man or animal will fill them with mud any more.

14 T hen will I make their waters clear, and cause their rivers to run like oil, saith the Lord Jehovah.

I will make their waters clear and make their rivers flow like oil,” says the Lord God.

15 W hen I shall make the land of Egypt a desolation, and the country shall be left desolate of all that was in it, when I have smitten all them that dwell therein, then shall they know that I Jehovah.

“When I destroy the land of Egypt and take from the land everything that was in it, and when I punish all who live there, then they will know that I am the Lord.

16 I t is a lamentation, and they shall lament her: the daughters of the nations shall say it in lamenting; they shall say it in lamenting over Egypt and over all her multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

This is the song of sorrow they will sing. The women of the nations will sing it. They will sing it over Egypt and all her people,” says the Lord God. The Place of the Dead

17 A nd it came to pass in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of Jehovah came unto me, saying,

In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the Word of the Lord came to me saying,

18 S on of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, her and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the lower parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

“Son of man, cry in a loud voice for the people of Egypt. Send them down with the powerful nations to the place of the dead, with those who go down to the grave.

19 W hom dost thou surpass in beauty? Go down, and be thou laid with the uncircumcised.

Say to them, ‘Do you think you are more favored than anyone else? Go down and make your bed with the sinful.’

20 T hey shall fall in the midst of them that are slain by the sword. The sword hath been given: draw her out, and all her multitudes.

They will fall among those who are killed by the sword. The sword is ready to kill all of Egypt’s people.

21 T he strong among the mighty, with them that helped him, shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol: they are gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

From the place of the dead the powerful leaders will say of Egypt and her helpers, ‘They have come down. They lie with the sinful, with those killed by the sword.’

22 T here is Asshur and all his assemblage, his graves round about him: all of them slain, fallen by the sword;

“Assyria is there, with all of her army. All around her are the graves of her dead, who have been killed by the sword.

23 t heir graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his assemblage is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword,—who caused terror in the land of the living.

Their graves lie in the farthest parts of the place of the dead. Her army is around her grave. All who had spread fear in the land of the living are dead, killed by the sword.

24 T here is Elam and all her multitude round about her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who are gone down uncircumcised unto the lower parts of the earth, who caused their terror in the land of the living; yet have they borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit.

“Elam is there, with all of her people around her grave. All of them are dead, killed by the sword. They have gone to the lower parts of the earth having not gone through the religious act of the Jews. They filled the land of the living with fear, and carried their shame with those who went down to the place of the dead.

25 T hey have set him a bed in the midst of the slain, with all his multitude: their graves are round about him, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though their terror was caused in the land of the living; and they have borne their confusion with them that go down to the pit: he is put in the midst of them that are slain.

A bed is made for her among the dead with all her people. Their graves are around her. They are all sinful people, killed by the sword. They spread fear in the land of the living, and were put to shame with those who go down to the place of the dead and are among the dead.

26 T here is Meshech, Tubal, and all their multitude, their graves round about them, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, though they caused their terror in the land of the living.

“Meshech and Tubal are there, with all their people. Their graves are around them. All of them are sinful, killed by the sword, for they had spread fear in the land of the living.

27 A nd they lie not with the mighty, fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war; and whose swords are laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones, though they were the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

They do not lie beside the graves of the powerful men of long ago, who went down to the place of the dead with their swords of war, whose swords were laid under their heads. But the punishment for their sin rested on their bones. For the fear of these powerful men was once in the land of the living.

28 T hou also shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt lie with them that are slain with the sword.

You too, O Pharaoh, will be broken and lie among the sinful, with those killed by the sword.

29 T here is Edom, her kings, and all her princes, who in their might are laid with them that are slain by the sword: they lie with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down to the pit.

“Edom is there, with its kings and all its leaders. Even with all their power they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the sinful, with those who go down to the place of the dead.

30 T here are the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, that are gone down with the slain—ashamed of the terror which they caused through their might; and they lie uncircumcised with them that are slain by the sword, and bear their confusion with them that go down to the pit.

“All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there. Even with the fear they caused by their power, they went down with the dead in shame. They lie as sinful people with those killed by the sword. They carried their shame with those who go down to the place of the dead.

31 P haraoh shall see them, and shall be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, saith the Lord Jehovah.

“When Pharaoh and his army see them, they will be comforted for all his people who were killed by the sword,” says the Lord God.

32 F or I have caused my terror in the land of the living; and he shall be laid in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the Lord Jehovah.

“I spread fear of him in the land of the living, yet Pharaoh and all his people will be laid among the sinful, with those killed by the sword,” says the Lord God.