1 In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first day of the month, "Yahweh’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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.

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 Yahweh 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 Yahweh.

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 Yahweh.

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 Yahweh.’"

17 Also in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth day of the month, Yahweh’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 Yahweh. 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 Yahweh.

1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

2 Son of man, raise up lamentations upon Pharaoh king of Egypt and say unto him, Thou art like a young lion of the nations, and thou [art] as the whale in the seas, that dost dry up thy rivers, and trouble the waters with thy feet, and foul their streams.

3 Thus hath the Lord GOD said: I will therefore spread out my net over thee with a company of many peoples, and they shall bring thee up in my net.

4 Then I will leave thee upon the land; I will cast thee forth upon the open field and will cause all the fowls of the heaven to remain upon thee, and I will fill the beasts of the whole earth with thee.

5 And I will lay thy flesh upon the mountains and fill the valleys with thy height.

6 I will also water with thy blood the land in which thou dost swim, [even] to the mountains; and the rivers shall be full of thee.

7 And when thou art dead, I will cover the heavens and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

8 All the bright lights of heaven I will make dark because of thee and set darkness upon thy land, said the Lord GOD.

9 I will also make the hearts of many peoples sad when I shall bring thy destruction upon the Gentiles, into the countries which thou hast not known.

10 And I will make many peoples amazed at thee and their kings shall be horribly afraid because of thee, when I shall brandish my sword before them; and they shall tremble at [every] moment, every man for his own life, in the day of thy fall.

11 For thus hath the Lord GOD said: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee.

12 By the swords of the mighty I will cause thy people to fall; they [shall] all be the strong of the Gentiles and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all the multitude thereof shall be undone.

13 I will also destroy all the beasts thereof from upon the many waters; neither shall the foot of man, nor the hoofs of beasts foul them any more.

14 Then I will make their waters deepen and cause their channels to run like oil, said the Lord GOD.

15 When I shall make the land of Egypt desolate and the fullness of the land shall be taken away when I shall smite all those that dwell therein, then they shall know that I [am] the LORD.

16 This [is] the lamentation, and they shall sing it; the daughters of the Gentiles shall sing it: they shall lament over Egypt and over all her multitude, said the Lord GOD.

17 It also came to pass in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth [day] of the month, [that] the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

18 Son of man, lament over the multitude of Egypt and cast him down and the habitations of the strong Gentiles into the lower parts of the earth with those that go down into the grave.

19 Because thou art so beautiful, go down, and be laid with the uncircumcised.

20 They shall fall in the midst of [those that are] slain by the sword; he is delivered to the sword; bring him and all his peoples.

21 The strong among the mighty shall speak to him out of the midst of Sheol with those that help him: they are gone down; they lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.

22 Asshur [is] there and all his company; his graves [are] about him; all of them slain, fallen by the sword:

23 whose graves are set in the sides of the pit, and his company is round about his grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which caused terror in the land of the living.

24 There [is] Elam and all his multitude round about his grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, which are gone down uncircumcised into the lowest [parts] of the earth because they spread their terror in the land of the living; yet they have borne their shame with those that go down to the grave.

25 They have set him a bed in the midst of the slain with all his multitude: his graves [are] round about him: all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living, yet they have borne their shame with those that go down to the pit; [he] was put in the midst of the dead.

26 There [is] Meshech, Tubal, and all his multitude; his graves [are] round about him, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword because they had caused their terror in the land of the living.

27 And they shall not lie with the mighty [that are] fallen of the uncircumcised, who are gone down to Sheol with their weapons of war: and they have laid their swords under their heads, but their sins shall be upon their bones because [they were] the terror of the mighty in the land of the living.

28 [Yea], thou shalt be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised and shalt lie with [those that are] slain with the sword.

29 There [is] Edom, his kings, and all his princes, which with their might are laid with [those that were] slain by the sword; they shall lie with the uncircumcised and with those that go down to the pit.

30 There [are] the princes of the north, all of them, and all the Zidonians, who are gone down with the slain with their terror, ashamed of their might; and they lie uncircumcised with [those that are] slain by the sword and bear their shame with those that go down to the pit.

31 Pharaoh shall see them and shall be comforted over all his multitude, [even] Pharaoh and all his army slain by the sword, said the Lord GOD.

32 Because I have spread my terror in the land of the living, he shall also lay in the midst of the uncircumcised with [those that are] slain with the sword, [even] Pharaoh and all his multitude, said the Lord GOD.: