| New International Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month on the first day, the word of the LORD came to me: | 1In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, |
| 2"Son of man, take up a lament concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: "'You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas thrashing about in your streams, churning the water with your feet and muddying the streams. | 2"Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, 'You compared yourself to a young lion of the nations, Yet you are like the monster in the seas; And you burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And fouled their rivers.'" |
| 3"'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'With a great throng of people I will cast my net over you, and they will haul you up in my net. | 3Thus says the Lord GOD, "Now I will spread My net over you With a company of many peoples, And they shall lift you up in My net. |
| 4I will throw you on the land and hurl you on the open field. I will let all the birds of the sky settle on you and all the animals of the wild gorge themselves on you. | 4"I will leave you on the land; I will cast you on the open field. And I will cause all the birds of the heavens to dwell on you, And I will satisfy the beasts of the whole earth with you. |
| 5I will spread your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains. | 5"I will lay your flesh on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse. |
| 6I will drench the land with your flowing blood all the way to the mountains, and the ravines will be filled with your flesh. | 6"I will also make the land drink the discharge of your blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you. |
| 7When I snuff you out, 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. | 7"And when 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 shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you; I will bring darkness over your land, declares the Sovereign LORD. | 8"All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD. |
| 9I will trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, among lands you have not known. | 9"I will also trouble the hearts of many peoples when I bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known. |
| 10I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you, and their kings will shudder with 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. | 10"I will make many peoples appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and they will tremble every moment, every man for his own life, on the day of your fall." |
| 11"'For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: "'The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you. | 11For thus says the Lord GOD, "The sword of the king of Babylon will come upon you. |
| 12I will cause your hordes to fall by the swords of mighty men-- the most ruthless of all nations. They will shatter the pride of Egypt, and all her hordes will be overthrown. | 12"By the swords of the mighty ones I will cause your hordes to fall; all of them are tyrants of the nations, And they will devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its hordes will be destroyed. |
| 13I will destroy all her cattle from beside abundant waters no longer to be stirred by the foot of man or muddied by the hooves of cattle. | 13"I will also destroy all its cattle from beside many waters; And the foot of man will not muddy them anymore And the hoofs of beasts will not muddy them. |
| 14Then I will let her waters settle and make her streams flow like oil, declares the Sovereign LORD. | 14"Then I will make their waters settle And will cause their rivers to run like oil," Declares the Lord GOD. |
| 15When I make Egypt desolate and strip the land of everything in it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.' | 15"When I make the land of Egypt a desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I smite all those who live in it, Then they shall know that I am the LORD. |
| 16"This is the lament they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign LORD." | 16"This is a lamentation and they shall chant it. The daughters of the nations shall chant it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall chant it," declares the Lord GOD. |
| 17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me: | 17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me saying, |
| 18"Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit. | 18"Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and bring it down, her and the daughters of the powerful nations, to the nether world, with those who go down to the pit; |
| 19Say to them, 'Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.' | 19'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised.' |
| 20They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged off with all her hordes. | 20"They shall fall in the midst of those who are slain by the sword. She is given over to the sword; they have drawn her and all her hordes away. |
| 21From within the realm of the dead the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, 'They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.' | 21"The strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol, 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, slain by the sword.' |
| 22"Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. | 22"Assyria is there and all her company; her graves are round about her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, |
| 23Their graves are in the depths of the pit and her army lies around her grave. All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword. | 23whose graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit and her company is round about her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword, who spread terror in the land of the living. |
| 24"Elam is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword. All who had spread terror in the land of the living went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. | 24"Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the lower parts of the earth, who instilled their terror in the land of the living and bore their disgrace with those who went down to the pit. |
| 25A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain. | 25"They have made a bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, slain by the sword (although their terror was instilled in the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; they were put in the midst of the slain. |
| 26"Meshek and Tubal are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. | 26"Meshech, Tubal and all their hordes are there; their graves surround them. All of them were slain by the sword uncircumcised, though they instilled their terror in the land of the living. |
| 27But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war--their swords placed under their heads and their shields resting on their bones--though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living. | 27"Nor do they lie beside the fallen heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were laid under their heads; but the punishment for their iniquity rested on their bones, though the terror of these heroes was once in the land of the living. |
| 28"You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword. | 28"But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those slain by the sword. |
| 29"Edom is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit. | 29"There also is Edom, its kings and all its princes, who for all their might are laid with those slain by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit. |
| 30"All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit. | 30"There also are the chiefs of the north, all of them, and all the Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit. |
| 31"Pharaoh--he and all his army--will see them and he will be consoled for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD. | 31"These Pharaoh will see, and he will be comforted for all his hordes slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his army," declares the Lord GOD. |
| 32Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign LORD." | 32"Though I instilled a terror of him in the land of the living, yet he will be made to lie down among the uncircumcised along with those slain by the sword, even Pharaoh and all his hordes," declares the Lord GOD. |
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