18<TO> WHOM? ARE YOU LIKE THUS IN SPLENDOR AND IN GREATNESS AMONG [THE] TREES OF EDEN AND YOU WILL BE BROUGHT DOWN WITH [THE] TREES OF EDEN TO [THE] EARTH LOWEST IN AMONG UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] YOU WILL LIE WITH [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD THAT [IS] PHARAOH AND ALL MULTITUDE HIS [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 18Who then is like you in glory and greatness among the trees of Eden? You also will be brought down to the depths of the earth to be with the trees of Eden. You will lie among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord GOD.’”
1AND IT WAS IN TWO [PLUS] TEN YEAR IN TWO [PLUS] TEN MONTH ON [DAY] ONE OF THE MONTH IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME <TO> SAYING 1In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2O SON OF HUMANKIND TAKE UP A LAMENTATION ON PHARAOH [THE] KING OF EGYPT AND YOU WILL SAY TO HIM A YOUNG LION OF NATIONS YOU BECAME LIKE AND YOU [WERE] LIKE <THE> SEA MONSTER IN THE SEAS AND YOU BURST FORTH IN RIVERS YOUR AND YOU MADE TURBID WATERS WITH FEET YOUR AND YOU FOULED RIVERS THEIR 2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
3THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH AND I WILL SPREAD OVER YOU <OBJ.> NET MY BY A COMPANY OF PEOPLES MANY AND THEY WILL BRING UP YOU IN NET MY 3This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
4AND I WILL ABANDON YOU ON THE LAND ON [THE] SURFACE OF THE FIELD I WILL THROW YOU AND I WILL CAUSE TO SETTLE ON YOU EVERY <THE> BIRD OF THE HEAVENS AND I WILL SATISFY FROM YOU [THE] ANIMAL[S] OF ALL THE EARTH 4I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
5AND I WILL PUT <OBJ.> FLESH YOUR ON THE MOUNTAINS AND I WILL FILL THE VALLEYS HEIGHT YOUR 5I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.*NoteCloseOr your lofty stature
6AND I WILL MAKE DRINK [THE] LAND OUTFLOW YOUR FROM BLOOD YOUR TO THE MOUNTAINS AND RAVINES THEY WILL BE FILLED! FROM YOU 6I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains— the ravines will be filled
7AND I WILL COVER WHEN EXTINGUISHING YOU HEAVENS AND I WILL DARKEN <OBJ.> STARS THEIR [THE] SUN WITH <THE> CLOUD I WILL COVER IT AND [THE] MOON NOT IT WILL GIVE LIGHT LIGHT ITS 7When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
8ALL [THE] LUMINARIES OF LIGHT IN THE HEAVENS I WILL DARKEN THEM OVER YOU AND I WILL PUT DARKNESS OVER LAND YOUR [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 8All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
9AND I WILL DISTURB [THE] HEART OF PEOPLES MANY WHEN BRING I BREAKING YOUR AMONG THE NATIONS TO LANDS WHICH NOT YOU HAVE KNOWN THEM 9‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries*NoteCloseHebrew; LXX when I lead you into captivity among the nations, into countries you do not know.
10AND I WILL MAKE APPALLED ON YOU PEOPLES MANY AND KINGS THEIR THEY WILL SHUDDER ON YOU SHUDDERING WHEN BRANDISH I SWORD MY ON FACES THEIR AND THEY WILL TREMBLE TO MOMENTS EVERYONE FOR LIFE HIS ON [THE] DAY OF DOWNFALL YOUR 10I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
11FOR THUS HE SAYS [THE] LORD YAHWEH [THE] SWORD OF [THE] KING OF BABYLON IT WILL COME TO YOU 11For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
12BY [THE] SWORDS OF WARRIORS I WILL MAKE FALL MULTITUDE YOUR RUTHLESS [ONES] OF NATIONS ALL OF THEM AND THEY WILL DEVASTATE <OBJ.> [THE] PRIDE OF EGYPT AND IT WILL BE DESTROYED ALL MULTITUDE ITS 12I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
13AND I WILL DESTROY <OBJ.> ALL LIVESTOCK ITS FROM AT WATERS MANY AND NOT IT WILL MAKE TURBID THEM A FOOT OF A HUMAN AGAIN AND HOOVES OF LIVESTOCK NOT IT WILL MAKE TURBID THEM 13I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
14THEN I WILL MAKE SETTLE WATERS THEIR AND RIVERS THEIR LIKE <THE> OIL I WILL MAKE GO [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 14Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
15WHEN MAKE I <OBJ.> [THE] LAND OF EGYPT A DESOLATION AND [IS] MADE DESOLATE [THE] LAND FROM FULLNESS ITS WHEN STRIKE DOWN I <OBJ.> ALL [THE] INHABITANTS IN IT AND THEY WILL KNOW THAT I [AM] YAHWEH 15‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’
16[IS] A LAMENTATION IT AND PEOPLE WILL CHANT IT [THE] DAUGHTERS OF THE NATIONS THEY WILL CHANT <OBJ.> IT OVER EGYPT AND OVER ALL MULTITUDE ITS THEY WILL CHANT <OBJ.> IT [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 16This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it declares the Lord GOD.”
17AND IT WAS IN TWO [PLUS] TEN YEAR ON [DAY] FIF- TEEN OF THE MONTH IT CAME [THE] WORD OF YAHWEH TO ME <TO> SAYING Egypt Cast into the Pit 17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month,*NoteClosePresumably the fifteenth day of the twelfth month (see verse 1); LXX on the fifteenth day of the first month. the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18O SON OF HUMANKIND WAIL ON [THE] MULTITUDE OF EGYPT AND BRING DOWN IT <OBJ.> IT AND [THE] DAUGHTERS OF NATIONS MIGHTY TO [THE] EARTH OF [THE] LOWEST PARTS WITH [THOSE WHO] GO DOWN OF [THE] PIT 18“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
19MORE THAN WHOM? ARE YOU LOVELY GO DOWN! AND BE LAID! WITH UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] 19Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and be placed with the uncircumcised!
20IN AMONG [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD THEY WILL FALL A SWORD IT HAS BEEN APPOINTED THEY HAVE DRAWN DOWN <OBJ.> IT AND ALL MULTITUDES ITS 20They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21THEY WILL SPEAK TO HIM [THE] LEADERS OF [THE] MIGHTY [ONES] FROM [THE] MIDST OF SHEOL WITH HELPERS HIS THEY HAVE COME DOWN THEY HAVE LAIN DOWN THE UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD 21Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
22[IS] THERE ASSYRIA AND ALL COMPANY ITS [ARE] AROUND IT GRAVES ITS ALL OF THEM [ARE] SLAIN THOSE [WHO] HAVE FALLEN BY THE SWORD 22Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23WHICH THEY HAVE BEEN PUT GRAVES ITS IN [THE] REMOTEST PARTS OF [THE] PIT AND IT WAS COMPANY ITS AROUND GRAVE ITS ALL OF THEM [ARE] SLAIN [THOSE WHO] HAVE FALLEN BY THE SWORD WHO THEY HAD PUT TERROR IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING 23Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
24[IS] THERE ELAM AND ALL MULTITUDE ITS AROUND GRAVE ITS ALL OF THEM [ARE] SLAIN THOSE [WHO] HAVE FALLEN BY THE SWORD WHO THEY HAVE GONE DOWN UNCIRCUMCISED INTO [THE] EARTH OF [THE] LOWEST PARTS WHO THEY HAD PUT TERROR THEIR IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING AND THEY HAVE BORNE DISGRACE THEIR WITH [THOSE WHO] GO DOWN OF [THE] PIT 24Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword— those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25IN AMONG [THOSE] SLAIN PEOPLE HAVE MADE A BED FOR IT AMONG ALL MULTITUDE ITS [ARE] AROUND IT GRAVES ITS ALL OF THEM [ARE] UNCIRCUMCISED [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD FOR IT WAS PUT TERROR THEIR IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING AND THEY HAVE BORNE DISGRACE THEIR WITH [THOSE WHO] GO DOWN OF [THE] PIT IN AMONG [THOSE] SLAIN IT WAS MADE 25Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
26[IS] THERE MESHECH TUBAL AND ALL MULTITUDE ITS [ARE] AROUND IT GRAVES ITS ALL OF THEM [ARE] UNCIRCUMCISED PIERCED OF [THE] SWORD FOR THEY HAD PUT TERROR THEIR IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING 26Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
27AND NOT THEY LIE WITH WARRIORS FALLEN FROM UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] WHO THEY WENT DOWN SHEOL WITH [THE] WEAPONS OF WAR THEIR AND PEOPLE PUT <OBJ.> SWORDS THEIR UNDER HEADS THEIR AND IT WAS INIQUITIES THEIR ON BONES THEIR FOR TERROR OF WARRIORS [WAS] IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING 27They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old,*NoteCloseLXX; Hebrew warriors of the uncircumcised who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields*NoteCloseLikely reading of the original Hebrew text; MT iniquities rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
28AND YOU IN AMONG UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] YOU WILL BE BROKEN AND YOU MAY LIE WITH [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD 28But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29[IS] THERE <TOWARDS> EDOM KINGS ITS AND ALL PRINCES ITS WHO THEY HAVE BEEN PUT IN STRENGTH THEIR WITH [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD THEY WITH UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] THEY WILL LIE AND WITH [THOSE WHO] GO DOWN OF [THE] PIT 29Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
30[ARE] THERE <TOWARDS> PRINCES OF [THE] NORTH ALL OF THEM AND ALL [THE] SIDONIAN[S] WHO THEY HAVE GONE DOWN WITH [THOSE] SLAIN IN TERROR THEIR FROM STRENGTH THEIR BEING ASHAMED AND THEY LAY UNCIRCUMCISED WITH [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD AND THEY HAVE BORNE DISGRACE THEIR WITH [THOSE WHO] GO DOWN OF [THE] PIT 30All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
31<OBJ.> THEM HE WILL SEE PHARAOH AND HE WILL BE COMFORTED ON ALL MULTITUDE HIS [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD PHARAOH AND ALL ARMY HIS [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 31Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude— Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
32THAT I HAD PUT <OBJ.> TERROR MY IN [THE] LAND OF [THE] LIVING AND HE WILL BE LAID IN AMONG UNCIRCUMCISED [MEN] WITH [THOSE] SLAIN OF A SWORD PHARAOH AND ALL MULTITUDE HIS [THE] UTTERANCE OF [THE] LORD YAHWEH 32For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”