Ezekiel 32:16-18

King James Version

¹⁶This 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.

¹⁷It 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,

¹⁸Son 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.

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Ezekiel 32:16-18

New International Version

¹⁶“This is the lament^(A) 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.”

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

¹⁷In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:^(B) ¹⁸“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign^(C) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.^(D)

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Ezekiel 32:16-18

New King James Version

¹⁶“This is the ^(A)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.’ ”

Egypt and Others Consigned to the Pit

¹⁷It came to pass also in the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, ^(B)that the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

¹⁸“Son of man, wail over the multitude of Egypt,
And ^(C)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:

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