Pharaoh to Be Slain

31 ^(A)In the eleventh year, in the third month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (B)“Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to ^(C)his multitude:

¹⁰ “Therefore thus says the Lord God: Because ^(T)it^[b] towered high and set its top among the clouds,^[c] and ^(U)its heart was proud of its height, ¹¹ I will give it into the hand of a mighty one of the nations. He shall surely deal with it as its wickedness deserves. I have cast it out. ^12 (V)Foreigners, ^(W)the most ruthless of nations, have cut it down and left it. ^(X)On the mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its boughs have been broken in all ^(Y)the ravines of the land, and ^(Z)all the peoples of the earth have gone away from its shadow and left it. ^13 (AA)On its fallen trunk dwell all the birds of the heavens, and on its branches are all the beasts of the field. ^14 (AB)All this is in order that no trees by the waters may grow to towering height or set their tops among the clouds,^[d] and that no trees that drink water may reach up to them in height. For they are all given over to death, ^(AC)to the world ^(AD)below, among the children of man,^[e] with those who go down to the pit.

¹⁵ “Thus says the Lord God: On the day ^(AE)the cedar^[f] went down to Sheol I caused mourning; I closed the deep over it, and restrained its rivers, and many waters were stopped. I clothed Lebanon in gloom for it, and all the trees of the field fainted because of it. ^16 (AF)I made the nations quake at the sound of its fall, ^(AG)when I cast it down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit. ^(AH)And all the trees of Eden, the choice and best of Lebanon, all that drink water, ^(AI)were comforted in the world below. ¹⁷ They also went down to Sheol with it, ^(AJ)to those who are slain by the sword; yes, ^(AK)those who were its arm, ^(AL)who lived under its shadow among the nations.

^18 (AM)“Whom are you thus like in glory and in greatness ^(AN)among the trees of Eden? ^(AO)You shall be brought down with ^(AP)the trees of Eden to the world below. ^(AQ)You shall lie among the uncircumcised, ^(AR)with those who are slain by the sword.

^(AS)“This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

A Lament over Pharaoh and Egypt

32 ^(AT)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^2 (AU)“Son of man, ^(AV)raise a lamentation over ^(AW)Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

⁹ “I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring your destruction among the nations, into the countries that you have not known. ^10 (BJ)I will make many peoples appalled at you, and the hair of their kings shall bristle with horror because of you, when ^(BK)I brandish my sword before them. ^(BL)They shall tremble every moment, every one for his own life, on the day of your downfall.

¹¹ “For thus says the Lord God: ^(BM)The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you. ¹² I will cause ^(BN)your multitude to fall by the swords of mighty ones, all of them ^(BO)most ruthless of nations.

^16 (BU)This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over ^(BV)all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God.”

^17 (BW)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,^[i] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: ^18 (BX)“Son of man, ^(BY)wail over ^(BZ)the multitude of Egypt, and ^(CA)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, ^(CB)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

²⁰ They shall fall amid those ^(CE)who are slain by the sword. Egypt^[j] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and ^(CF)all her multitudes. ²¹ The mighty chiefs ^(CG)shall speak of them, ^(CH)with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, ^(CI)the uncircumcised, ^(CJ)slain by the sword.’

^22 (CK)“Assyria is there, and all her company, ^(CL)its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, ²³ whose graves are set in ^(CM)the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, ^(CN)who spread terror ^(CO)in the land of the living.

^24 (CP)“Elam is ^(CQ)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them ^(CR)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into ^(CS)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and ^(CT)they bear their shame ^(CU)with those who go down to the pit. ^25 (CV)They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, ^(CW)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for terror of them was spread in the land of the living, and they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are placed among the slain.

^26 (CX)“Meshech-Tubal is ^(CY)there, and all her multitude, ^(CZ)her graves all around it, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword; for they spread their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷ And ^(DA)they do not lie with the mighty, the fallen from among the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were laid under their heads, and whose iniquities are upon their bones; for the terror of the mighty men was in the land of the living. ²⁸ But as for you, you shall be broken ^(DB)and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.

^29 (DC)“Edom is ^(DD)there, her kings and all her princes, who for all their might are laid with those who are killed by the sword; they lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.

³⁰ “The princes ^(DE)of the north are there, all of them, and all the ^(DF)Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, ^(DG)for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and ^(DH)bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.

³¹ “When Pharaoh sees them, he ^(DI)will be comforted for ^(DJ)all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. ^32 (DK)For I spread terror ^(DL)in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among ^(DM)the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”

4 Therefore, while the promise of entering his rest still stands, let us fear lest any of you should seem ^(A)to have failed to reach it. ² For good news came to us just as to them, but the message they heard did not benefit them, because ^(B)they were not united by faith with those who listened.^{[a] 3} For we who have believed enter that rest, as he has said,

although his works were finished from the foundation of the world. ⁴ For he has somewhere spoken of the seventh day in this way: ^(D)“And God rested on the seventh day from all his works.” ⁵ And again in this passage he said,

⁶ Since therefore it remains for some to enter it, and those who formerly received the good news ^(F)failed to enter because of disobedience, ⁷ again he appoints a certain day, “Today,” saying through David so long afterward, in the words already quoted,

⁸ For if Joshua had given them rest, God^[b] would not have spoken of another day later on. ⁹ So then, there remains a Sabbath rest for the people of God, ¹⁰ for whoever has entered God's rest has also ^(H)rested from his works as God did from his.

¹¹ Let us therefore strive to enter that rest, so ^(I)that no one may fall by the same sort of disobedience. ¹² For ^(J)the word of God is living and ^(K)active, ^(L)sharper than any ^(M)two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and ^(N)discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. ¹³ And ^(O)no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are ^(P)naked and exposed to the eyes of him to whom we must give account.

Jesus the Great High Priest

¹⁴ Since then we have ^(Q)a great high priest ^(R)who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, ^(S)let us hold fast our confession. ¹⁵ For we do not have a high priest ^(T)who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been ^(U)tempted as we are, ^(V)yet without sin. ^16 (W)Let us then with confidence draw near to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

5 For every high priest chosen from among men ^(X)is appointed to act on behalf of men ^(Y)in relation to God, ^(Z)to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins. ^2 (AA)He can deal gently with the ignorant and wayward, since he himself ^(AB)is beset with weakness. ³ Because of this he is obligated to offer sacrifice for his own sins ^(AC)just as he does for those of the people. ⁴ And ^(AD)no one takes this honor for himself, but only when called by God, ^(AE)just as Aaron was.

⁵ So also Christ ^(AF)did not exalt himself to be made a high priest, but was appointed by him who said to him,

⁶ as he says also in another place,

⁷ In the days of his flesh, ^(AI)Jesus^[c] offered up prayers and supplications, ^(AJ)with loud cries and tears, to him ^(AK)who was able to save him from death, and ^(AL)he was heard because of his reverence. ⁸ Although ^(AM)he was a son, ^(AN)he learned obedience through what he suffered. ⁹ And ^(AO)being made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation to all who obey him, ¹⁰ being designated by God a high priest ^(AP)after the order of Melchizedek.