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
,
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
.
Thus saith the Lord
GOD
; I will therefore spread out
my net
over thee with a company
of many
people
; and they shall bring thee up
in my net
.
Then will I 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.
And I will lay thy flesh
upon the mountains
, and fill
the valleys
with thy height
.
I will also water with thy blood
the land
wherein thou swimmest
, even to the mountains
; and the rivers
shall be full
of thee.
And when I shall put thee out, I will cover
the heaven
, and make
the stars
thereof dark
; I will cover
the sun
with a cloud
, and the moon
shall not give
her light
.
All the bright lights
of heaven
will I make dark
over thee, and set
darkness
upon thy land
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
I will also vex the hearts
of many
people
, when I shall bring
thy destruction
among the nations
, into the countries
which thou hast not known
.
Yea, I will make many people
amazed
at thee, and their kings
shall be horribly
afraid
for 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
.
For thus saith the Lord
GOD
; The sword
of the king
of Babylon
shall come
upon thee.
By the swords of the mighty
will I cause thy multitude
to fall
, the terrible
of the nations
, all of them: and they shall spoil
the pomp
of Egypt
, and all the multitude
thereof shall be destroyed
.
I will destroy also all the beasts
thereof from
beside the great
waters
; neither shall the foot
of man
trouble
them any more, nor the hoofs
of beasts
trouble
them.
Then will I make their waters deep
, and cause their rivers
to run
like oil
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
When I shall make the land
of Egypt
desolate
, and the country
shall be destitute
of that whereof it was full
, when I shall smite
all them that dwell
therein, then shall they know
that I am the LORD
.
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
.
It came to pass also in the twelfth year
, in the fifteenth
day of the month
, that the word
of the LORD
came unto me, saying
,
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
.
Whom dost thou pass in beauty? go down
, and be thou laid
with the uncircumcised
.
They shall fall in the midst
of them that are slain
by the sword
: she is delivered
to the sword
: draw
her and all her multitudes
.
The strong among the mighty
shall speak
to him out of the midst
of hell
with them that help
him: they are gone down
, they lie
uncircumcised
, slain
by the sword
.
Asshur is there and all her company
: his graves
are about
him: all of them slain
, fallen
by the sword
:
Whose graves are set
in the sides
of the pit
, and her company
is round about
her grave
: all of them slain
, fallen
by the sword
, which caused
terror
in the land
of the living
.
There is Elam and all her multitude
round about
her grave
, all of them slain
, fallen
by the sword
, which are gone down
uncircumcised
into the nether parts
of the earth
, which caused
their terror
in the land
of the living
; yet have they borne
their shame
with them that go down
to the pit
.
They have set her a bed
in the midst
of the slain
with all her multitude
: her graves
are round about
him: all of them uncircumcised
, slain
by the sword
: though their terror
was caused
in the land
of the living
, yet have they borne
their shame
with them that go down
to the pit
: he is put
in the midst
of them that be slain
.
There is Meshech, Tubal
, and all her multitude
: her graves
are round about
him: all of them uncircumcised
, slain
by the sword
, though they caused
their terror
in the land
of the living
.
And they shall not lie with the mighty
that are fallen
of the uncircumcised
, which are gone down
to hell
with their weapons
of war
: and they have laid
their swords
under their heads
, but their iniquities
shall be upon their bones
, though they were the terror
of the mighty
in the land
of the living
.
Yea, thou shalt be broken in the midst
of the uncircumcised
, and shalt lie
with them that are slain
with the sword
.
There is Edom, her kings
, and all her princes
, which with their might
are laid
by them that were slain
by the sword
: they shall lie
with the uncircumcised
, and with them that go down
to the pit
.
There be the princes of the north
, all of them, and all the Zidonians
, which are gone down
with the slain
; with their terror
they are ashamed
of their might
; and they lie
uncircumcised
with them that be slain
by the sword
, and bear
their shame
with them that go down
to the pit
.
Pharaoh shall see
them, and shall be comforted
over all his multitude
, even Pharaoh
and all his army
slain
by the sword
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.
For 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
with the sword
, even Pharaoh
and all his multitude
, saith
the Lord
GOD
.