NKJV Bible in 365 Days
Judgment on Tyre and Surrounding Nations — August 3
Ezekiel 26-32
Ezekiel 26
1 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.1
2 “Son of man, because Tyre has said against Jerusalem, ‘Aha! She is broken who was the gateway of the peoples; now she is turned over to me; I shall be filled; she is laid waste.’ 365N 215.2
3 “Therefore thus says the Lord God : ‘Behold, I am against you, O Tyre, and will cause many nations to come up against you, as the sea causes its waves to come up. 365N 215.3
4 And they shall destroy the walls of Tyre and break down her towers; I will also scrape her dust from her, and make her like the top of a rock. 365N 215.4
5 It shall be a place for spreading nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,’ says the Lord God ; ‘it shall become plunder for the nations. 365N 215.5
6 Also her daughter villages which are in the fields shall be slain by the sword. Then they shall know that I am the Lord .’ 365N 215.6
7 “For thus says the Lord God : ‘Behold, I will bring against Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar [a] king of Babylon, king of kings, with horses, with chariots, and with horsemen, and an army with many people. 365N 215.7
8 He will slay with the sword your daughter villages in the fields; he will heap up a siege mound against you, build a wall against you, and raise a [b] defense against you. 365N 215.8
9 He will direct his battering rams against your walls, and with his axes he will break down your towers. 365N 215.9
10 Because of the abundance of his horses, their dust will cover you; your walls will shake at the noise of the horsemen, the wagons, and the chariots, when he enters your gates, as men enter a city that has been breached. 365N 215.10
11 With the hooves of his horses he will trample all your streets; he will slay your people by the sword, and your strong pillars will fall to the ground. 365N 215.11
12 They will plunder your riches and pillage your merchandise; they will break down your walls and destroy your pleasant houses; they will lay your stones, your timber, and your soil in the midst of the water. 365N 215.12
13 I will put an end to the sound of your songs, and the sound of your harps shall be heard no more. 365N 215.13
14 I will make you like the top of a rock; you shall be a place for spreading nets, and you shall never be rebuilt, for I the Lord have spoken,’ says the Lord God . 365N 215.14
15 “Thus says the Lord God to Tyre: ‘Will the coastlands not shake at the sound of your fall, when the wounded cry, when slaughter is made in the midst of you? 365N 215.15
16 Then all the princes of the sea will come down from their thrones, lay aside their robes, and take off their embroidered garments; they will clothe themselves with trembling; they will sit on the ground, tremble every moment, and be astonished at you. 365N 215.16
17 And they will take up a lamentation for you, and say to you: “How you have perished, O one inhabited by seafaring men, O renowned city, Who was strong at sea, She and her inhabitants, Who caused their terror to be on all her inhabitants! 365N 215.17
18 Now the coastlands tremble on the day of your fall; Yes, the coastlands by the sea are troubled at your departure.” ’ 365N 215.18
19 “For thus says the Lord God : ‘When I make you a desolate city, like cities that are not inhabited, when I bring the deep upon you, and great waters cover you, 365N 215.19
20 then I will bring you down with those who descend into the Pit, to the people of old, and I will make you dwell in the lowest part of the earth, in places desolate from antiquity, with those who go down to the Pit, so that you may never be inhabited; and I shall establish glory in the land of the living. 365N 215.20
21 I will make you a terror, and you shall be no more; though you are sought for, you will never be found again,’ says the Lord God .” 365N 215.21
Ezekiel 27
1 The word of the Lord came again to me, saying, 365N 215.22
2 “Now, son of man, take up a lamentation for Tyre, 365N 215.23
3 and say to Tyre, ‘You who [a] are situated at the entrance of the sea, merchant of the peoples on many coastlands, thus says the Lord God : “O Tyre, you have said, ‘I am perfect in beauty.’ 365N 215.24
4 Your borders are in the midst of the seas. Your builders have perfected your beauty. 365N 215.25
5 They [b] made all your planks of fir trees from Senir; They took a cedar from Lebanon to make you a mast. 365N 215.26
6 Of oaks from Bashan they made your oars; The company of Ashurites have inlaid your planks With ivory from the coasts of [c] Cyprus. 365N 215.27
7 Fine embroidered linen from Egypt was what you spread for your sail; Blue and purple from the coasts of Elishah was what covered you. 365N 215.28
8 “Inhabitants of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen; Your wise men, O Tyre, were in you; They became your pilots. 365N 215.29
9 Elders of Gebal and its wise men Were in you to caulk your seams; All the ships of the sea And their oarsmen were in you To market your merchandise. 365N 215.30
10 “Those from Persia, [d] Lydia, and [e] Libya Were in your army as men of war; They hung shield and helmet in you; They gave splendor to you. 365N 215.31
11 Men of Arvad with your army were on your walls all around, And the men of Gammad were in your towers; They hung their shields on your walls all around; They made your beauty perfect. 365N 215.32
12 “Tarshish was your merchant because of your many luxury goods. They gave you silver, iron, tin, and lead for your goods. 365N 215.33
13 Javan, Tubal, and Meshech were your traders. They bartered human lives and vessels of bronze for your merchandise. 365N 215.34
14 Those from the house of Togarmah traded for your wares with horses, steeds, and mules. 365N 215.35
15 The men of Dedan were your traders; many isles were the market of your hand. They brought you ivory tusks and ebony as payment. 365N 215.36
16 Syria was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made. They gave you for your wares emeralds, purple, embroidery, fine linen, corals, and rubies. 365N 215.37
17 Judah and the land of Israel were your traders. They traded for your merchandise wheat of Minnith, millet, honey, oil, and balm. 365N 215.38
18 Damascus was your merchant because of the abundance of goods you made, because of your many luxury items, with the wine of Helbon and with white wool. 365N 215.39
19 Dan and Javan paid for your wares, [f] traversing back and forth. Wrought iron, cassia, and cane were among your merchandise. 365N 215.40
20 Dedan was your merchant in saddlecloths for riding. 365N 215.41
21 Arabia and all the princes of Kedar were your regular merchants. They traded with you in lambs, rams, and goats. 365N 215.42
22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah were your merchants. They traded for your wares the choicest spices, all kinds of precious stones, and gold. 365N 215.43
23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Assyria, and Chilmad were your merchants. 365N 215.44
24 These were your merchants in choice items—in purple clothes, in embroidered garments, in chests of multicolored apparel, in sturdy woven cords, which were in your marketplace. 365N 215.45
25 “The ships of Tarshish were carriers of your merchandise. You were filled and very glorious in the midst of the seas. 365N 215.46
26 Your oarsmen brought you into many waters, But the east wind broke you in the midst of the seas. 365N 215.47
27 “Your riches, wares, and merchandise, Your mariners and pilots, Your caulkers and merchandisers, All your men of war who are in you, And the entire company which is in your midst, Will fall into the midst of the seas on the day of your ruin. 365N 215.48
28 The common-land [g] will shake at the sound of the cry of your pilots. 365N 215.49
29 “All who handle the oar, The mariners, All the pilots of the sea Will come down from their ships and stand on the [h] shore. 365N 215.50
30 They will make their voice heard because of you; They will cry bitterly and cast dust on their heads; They will roll about in ashes; 365N 215.51
31 They will shave themselves completely bald because of you, Gird themselves with sackcloth, And weep for you With bitterness of heart and bitter wailing. 365N 215.52
32 In their wailing for you They will take up a lamentation, And lament for you: ‘What city is like Tyre, Destroyed in the midst of the sea? 365N 215.53
33 ‘When your wares went out by sea, You satisfied many people; You enriched the kings of the earth With your many luxury goods and your merchandise. 365N 215.54
34 But you are broken by the seas in the depths of the waters; Your merchandise and the entire company will fall in your midst. 365N 215.55
35 All the inhabitants of the isles will be astonished at you; Their kings will be greatly afraid, And their countenance will be troubled. 365N 215.56
36 The merchants among the peoples will hiss at you; You will become a horror, and be no more forever.’ ” ’ ” 365N 215.57
Ezekiel 28
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 365N 215.58
2 “Son of man, say to the prince of Tyre, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “Because your heart is lifted [a] up, And you say, ‘I am a god, I sit in the seat of gods, In the midst of the seas,’ Yet you are a man, and not a god, Though you set your heart as the heart of a god 365N 215.59
3 (Behold, you are wiser than Daniel! There is no secret that can be hidden from you! 365N 215.60
4 With your wisdom and your understanding You have gained riches for yourself, And gathered gold and silver into your treasuries; 365N 215.61
5 By your great wisdom in trade you have increased your riches, And your heart is lifted up because of your riches),” 365N 215.62
6 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Because you have set your heart as the heart of a god, 365N 215.63
7 Behold, therefore, I will bring strangers against you, The most terrible of the nations; And they shall draw their swords against the beauty of your wisdom, And defile your splendor. 365N 215.64
8 They shall throw you down into the Pit, And you shall die the death of the slain In the midst of the seas. 365N 215.65
9 “Will you still say before him who slays you, ‘I am a god’? But you shall be a man, and not a god, In the hand of him who slays you. 365N 215.66
10 You shall die the death of the uncircumcised By the hand of aliens; For I have spoken,” says the Lord God .’ ” 365N 215.67
11 Moreover the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.68
12 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for the king of Tyre, and say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “You were the seal of perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty. 365N 215.69
13 You were in Eden, the garden of God; Every precious stone was your covering: The sardius, topaz, and diamond, Beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald with gold. The workmanship of your timbrels and pipes Was prepared for you on the day you were created. 365N 215.70
14 “You were the anointed cherub who covers; I established you; You were on the holy mountain of God; You walked back and forth in the midst of fiery stones. 365N 215.71
15 You were perfect in your ways from the day you were created, Till iniquity was found in you. 365N 215.72
16 “By the abundance of your trading You became filled with violence within, And you sinned; Therefore I cast you as a profane thing Out of the mountain of God; And I destroyed you, O covering cherub, From the midst of the fiery stones. 365N 215.73
17 “Your heart was [b] lifted up because of your beauty; You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor; I cast you to the ground, I laid you before kings, That they might gaze at you. 365N 215.74
18 “You defiled your sanctuaries By the multitude of your iniquities, By the iniquity of your trading; Therefore I brought fire from your midst; It devoured you, And I turned you to ashes upon the earth In the sight of all who saw you. 365N 215.75
19 All who knew you among the peoples are astonished at you; You have become a horror, And shall be no more forever.” ’ ” 365N 215.76
20 Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.77
21 “Son of man, set your face toward Sidon, and prophesy against her, 365N 215.78
22 and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “Behold, I am against you, O Sidon; I will be glorified in your midst; And they shall know that I am the Lord , When I execute judgments in her and am hallowed in her. 365N 215.79
23 For I will send pestilence upon her, And blood in her streets; The wounded shall be judged in her midst By the sword against her on every side; Then they shall know that I am the Lord . 365N 215.80
24 “And there shall no longer be a pricking brier or a painful thorn for the house of Israel from among all who are around them, who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God .” 365N 215.81
25 ‘Thus says the Lord God : “When I have gathered the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and am hallowed in them in the sight of the Gentiles, then they will dwell in their own land which I gave to My servant Jacob. 365N 215.82
26 And they will dwell [c] safely there, build houses, and plant vineyards; yes, they will dwell securely, when I execute judgments on all those around them who despise them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord their God.” ’ ” 365N 215.83
Ezekiel 29
1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.84
2 “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him, and against all Egypt. 365N 215.85
3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, Who has said, ‘My [a] River is my own; I have made it for myself.’ 365N 215.86
4 But I will put hooks in your jaws, And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales; I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales. 365N 215.87
5 I will leave you in the wilderness, You and all the fish of your rivers; You shall fall on the [b] open field; You shall not be picked up or [c] gathered. I have given you as food To the beasts of the field And to the birds of the heavens. 365N 215.88
6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt Shall know that I am the Lord , Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel. 365N 215.89
7 When they took hold of you with the hand, You broke and tore all their [d] shoulders; When they leaned on you, You broke and made all their backs quiver.” 365N 215.90
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God : “Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast. 365N 215.91
9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord , because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it. ’ 365N 215.92
10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, from [e] Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia. 365N 215.93
11 Neither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years. 365N 215.94
12 I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.” 365N 215.95
13 ‘Yet, thus says the Lord God : “At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the peoples among whom they were scattered. 365N 215.96
14 I will bring back the captives of Egypt and cause them to return to the land of Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they shall be a lowly kingdom. 365N 215.97
15 It shall be the lowliest of kingdoms; it shall never again exalt itself above the nations, for I will diminish them so that they will not rule over the nations anymore. 365N 215.98
16 No longer shall it be the confidence of the house of Israel, but will remind them of their iniquity when they turned to follow them. Then they shall know that I am the Lord God .” ’ ” 365N 215.99
17 And it came to pass in the twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.100
18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre; every head was made bald, and every shoulder rubbed raw; yet neither he nor his army received wages from Tyre, for the labor which they expended on it. 365N 215.101
19 Therefore thus says the Lord God : ‘Surely I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he shall take away her wealth, carry off her spoil, and remove her pillage; and that will be the wages for his army. 365N 215.102
20 I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor, because they worked for Me,’ says the Lord God . 365N 215.103
21 ‘In that day I will cause the [f] horn of the house of Israel to spring forth, and I will open your mouth to speak in their midst. Then they shall know that I am the Lord .’ ” 365N 215.104
Ezekiel 30
1 The word of the Lord came to me again, saying, 365N 215.105
2 “Son of man, prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God : “Wail, ‘Woe to the day!’ 365N 215.106
3 For the day is near, Even the day of the Lord is near; It will be a day of clouds, the time of the Gentiles. 365N 215.107
4 The sword shall come upon Egypt, And great anguish shall be in [a] Ethiopia, When the slain fall in Egypt, And they take away her wealth, And her foundations are broken down. 365N 215.108
5 “Ethiopia, [b] Libya, [c] Lydia, all the mingled people, Chub, and the men of the lands who are allied, shall fall with them by the sword.” 365N 215.109
6 ‘Thus says the Lord : “Those who uphold Egypt shall fall, And the pride of her power shall come down. From [d] Migdol to Syene Those within her shall fall by the sword,” Says the Lord God . 365N 215.110
7 “They shall be desolate in the midst of the desolate countries, And her cities shall be in the midst of the cities that are laid waste. 365N 215.111
8 Then they will know that I am the Lord , When I have set a fire in Egypt And all her helpers are destroyed. 365N 215.112
9 On that day messengers shall go forth from Me in ships To make the [e] careless Ethiopians afraid, And great anguish shall come upon them, As on the day of Egypt; For indeed it is coming!” 365N 215.113
10 ‘Thus says the Lord God : “I will also make a multitude of Egypt to cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. 365N 215.114
11 He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, Shall be brought to destroy the land; They shall draw their swords against Egypt, And fill the land with the slain. 365N 215.115
12 I will make the rivers dry, And sell the land into the hand of the wicked; I will make the land waste, and all that is in it, By the hand of aliens. I, the Lord , have spoken.” 365N 215.116
13 ‘Thus says the Lord God : “I will also destroy the idols, And cause the images to cease from [f] Noph; There shall no longer be princes from the land of Egypt; I will put fear in the land of Egypt. 365N 215.117
14 I will make Pathros desolate, Set fire to Zoan, And execute judgments in [g] No. 365N 215.118
15 I will pour My fury on [h] Sin, the strength of Egypt; I will cut off the multitude of [i] No, 365N 215.119
16 And set a fire in Egypt; Sin shall have great pain, No shall be split open, And Noph shall be in distress daily. 365N 215.120
17 The young men of [j] Aven and Pi Beseth shall fall by the sword, And these cities shall go into captivity. 365N 215.121
18 At [k] Tehaphnehes the day shall also be [l] darkened, When I break the yokes of Egypt there. And her arrogant strength shall cease in her; As for her, a cloud shall cover her, And her daughters shall go into captivity. 365N 215.122
19 Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt, Then they shall know that I am the Lord .” ’ ” 365N 215.123
20 And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.124
21 “Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and see, it has not been bandaged for healing, nor a [m] splint put on to bind it, to make it strong enough to hold a sword. 365N 215.125
22 Therefore thus says the Lord God : ‘Surely I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and will break his arms, both the strong one and the one that was broken; and I will make the sword fall out of his hand. 365N 215.126
23 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and disperse them throughout the countries. 365N 215.127
24 I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put My sword in his hand; but I will break Pharaoh’s arms, and he will groan before him with the groanings of a mortally wounded man. 365N 215.128
25 Thus I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh shall fall down; they shall know that I am the Lord , when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he stretches it out against the land of Egypt. 365N 215.129
26 I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries. Then they shall know that I am the Lord .’ ” 365N 215.130
Ezekiel 31
1 Now it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.131
2 “Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his multitude: ‘Whom are you like in your greatness? 365N 215.132
3 Indeed Assyria was a cedar in Lebanon, With fine branches that shaded the forest, And of high stature; And its top was among the thick boughs. 365N 215.133
4 The waters made it grow; Underground waters gave it height, With their rivers running around the place where it was planted, And sent out [a] rivulets to all the trees of the field. 365N 215.134
5 ‘Therefore its height was exalted above all the trees of the field; Its boughs were multiplied, And its branches became long because of the abundance of water, As it sent them out. 365N 215.135
6 All the birds of the heavens made their nests in its boughs; Under its branches all the beasts of the field brought forth their young; And in its shadow all great nations [b] made their home. 365N 215.136
7 ‘Thus it was beautiful in greatness and in the length of its branches, Because its roots reached to abundant waters. 365N 215.137
8 The cedars in the garden of God could not hide it; The fir trees were not like its boughs, And the [c] chestnut trees were not like its branches; No tree in the garden of God was like it in beauty. 365N 215.138
9 I made it beautiful with a multitude of branches, So that all the trees of Eden envied it, That were in the garden of God.’ 365N 215.139
10 “Therefore thus says the Lord God : ‘Because you have increased in height, and it set its top among the thick boughs, and its heart was [d] lifted up in its height, 365N 215.140
11 therefore I will deliver it into the hand of the mighty one of the nations, and he shall surely deal with it; I have driven it out for its wickedness. 365N 215.141
12 And aliens, the most terrible of the nations, have cut it down and left it; its branches have fallen on the mountains and in all the valleys; its boughs lie broken by all the rivers of the land; and all the peoples of the earth have gone from under its shadow and left it. 365N 215.142
13 ‘On its ruin will remain all the birds of the heavens, And all the beasts of the field will come to its branches— 365N 215.143
14 So that no trees by the waters may ever again exalt themselves for their height, nor set their tops among the thick boughs, that no tree which drinks water may ever be high enough to reach up to them. ‘For they have all been delivered to death, To the depths of the earth, Among the children of men who go down to the Pit.’ 365N 215.144
15 “Thus says the Lord God : ‘In the day when it went down to [e] hell, I caused mourning. I covered the deep because of it. I restrained its rivers, and the great waters were held back. I caused Lebanon to [f] mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted because of it. 365N 215.145
16 I made the nations shake at the sound of its fall, when I cast it down to [g] hell together with those who descend into the Pit; and all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, were comforted in the depths of the earth. 365N 215.146
17 They also went down to hell with it, with those slain by the sword; and those who were its strong arm dwelt in its shadows among the nations. 365N 215.147
18 ‘To which of the trees in Eden will you then be likened in glory and greatness? Yet you shall be brought down with the trees of Eden to the depths of the earth; you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude,’ says the Lord God .” 365N 215.148
Ezekiel 32
1 And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, 365N 215.149
2 “Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him: ‘You are like a young lion among the nations, And you are like a monster in the seas, Bursting forth in your rivers, Troubling the waters with your feet, And fouling their rivers. 365N 215.150
3 ‘Thus says the Lord God : “I will therefore spread My net over you with a company of many people, And they will draw you up in My net. 365N 215.151
4 Then I will leave you on the land; I will cast you out on the open fields, And cause to [a] settle on you all the birds of the heavens. And with you I will fill the beasts of the whole earth. 365N 215.152
5 I will lay your flesh on the mountains, And fill the valleys with your carcass. 365N 215.153
6 “I will also water the land with the flow of your blood, Even to the mountains; And the riverbeds will be full of you. 365N 215.154
7 When I put out your light, I will cover the heavens, and make its stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, And the moon shall not give her light. 365N 215.155
8 All the [b] bright lights of the heavens I will make dark over you, And bring darkness upon your land,” Says the Lord God . 365N 215.156
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. 365N 215.157
10 Yes, I will make many peoples astonished at you, and their kings shall be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they shall tremble every moment, every man for his own life, in the day of your fall. 365N 215.158
11 ‘For thus says the Lord God : “The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. 365N 215.159
12 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them the most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall. “They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt, And all its multitude shall be destroyed. 365N 215.160
13 Also I will destroy all its animals From beside its great waters; The foot of man shall muddy them no more, Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them. 365N 215.161
14 Then I will make their waters [c] clear, And make their rivers run like oil,” Says the Lord God . 365N 215.162
15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate, And the country is destitute of all that once filled it, When I strike all who dwell in it, Then they shall know that I am the Lord . 365N 215.163
16 “This is the lamentation With which they shall lament her; The daughters of the nations shall lament her; They shall lament for her, for Egypt, And for all her multitude,” Says the Lord God .’ ” 365N 215.164
17 It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying: 365N 215.165
18 “Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt, And cast them down to the depths of the earth, Her and the daughters of the famous nations, With those who go down to the Pit: 365N 215.166
19 ‘Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down, be placed with the uncircumcised.’ 365N 215.167
20 “They shall fall in the midst of those slain by the sword; She is delivered to the sword, Drawing her and all her multitudes. 365N 215.168
21 The strong among the mighty Shall speak to him out of the midst of hell With those who help him: ‘They have gone down, They lie with the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.’ 365N 215.169
22 “Assyria is there, and all her company, With their graves all around her, All of them slain, fallen by the sword. 365N 215.170
23 Her graves are set in the recesses of the Pit, And her company is all around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who caused terror in the land of the living. 365N 215.171
24 “There is Elam and all her multitude, All around her grave, All of them slain, fallen by the sword, Who have gone down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, Who caused their terror in the land of the living; Now they bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit. 365N 215.172
25 They have set her bed in the midst of the slain, With all her multitude, With her graves all around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; Though their terror was caused In the land of the living, Yet they bear their shame With those who go down to the Pit; It was put in the midst of the slain. 365N 215.173
26 “There are Meshech and Tubal and all their multitudes, With all their graves around it, All of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, Though they caused their terror in the land of the living. 365N 215.174
27 They do not lie with the mighty Who are fallen of the uncircumcised, Who have gone down to hell with their weapons of war; They have laid their swords under their heads, But their iniquities will be on their bones, Because of the terror of the mighty in the land of the living. 365N 215.175
28 Yes, you shall be broken in the midst of the uncircumcised, And lie with those slain by the sword. 365N 215.176
29 “There is Edom, Her kings and all her princes, Who despite their might Are laid beside those slain by the sword; They shall lie with the uncircumcised, And with those who go down to the Pit. 365N 215.177
30 There are the princes of the north, All of them, and all the Sidonians, Who have gone down with the slain In shame at the terror which they caused by their might; They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword, And bear their shame with those who go down to the Pit. 365N 215.178
31 “Pharaoh will see them And be comforted over all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, Slain by the sword,” Says the Lord God . 365N 215.179
32 “For I have caused My terror in the land of the living; And he shall be placed in the midst of the uncircumcised With those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude,” Says the Lord God . 365N 215.180