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Ezekiel 32:17-32
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Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:(A) 18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(B) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(C) 19 Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’(D) 20 They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged(E) off with all her hordes.(F) 21 From within the realm of the dead(G) the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised,(H) with those killed 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. 23 Their graves are in the depths of the pit(I) and her army lies around her grave.(J) All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

24 “Elam(K) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.(L) All who had spread terror in the land of the living(M) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(N) 25 A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,(O) 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.

26 “Meshek and Tubal(P) 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. 27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[a](Q) who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[b] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

28 “You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

29 “Edom(R) 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.(S)

30 “All the princes of the north(T) and all the Sidonians(U) are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised(V) with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.(W)

31 “Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled(X) for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. 32 Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh(Y) and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord.”(Z)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:27 Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised
  2. Ezekiel 32:27 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment
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Ezekiel 32:17-32
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17 And then[a] in the twelfth[b] year, on the fifteenth[c] day of the month, the word of Yahweh came[d] to me, saying,[e] 18 “Son of man,[f] mourn over the hordes of Egypt, and make her go down, and with her the daughters of mighty nations, down to the deep underworld[g] with the people going down to the grave.[h] 19 You are more lovely than whom?[i] Go down and be laid in rest with the uncircumcised. 20 In the midst of the people slain by the sword it[j] is given they will fall to a sword; they carried her[k] off and all of her[l] hordes. 21 The chiefs of the warriors will speak to him from the middle of Sheol; with his helpers they have gone down; the uncircumcised lie still, those slain by the sword.[m]

22 Assyria is there and all of its assembly; all around it are its graves, all of them killed, those fallen by the sword, 23 who[n] will be given its graves in the remote areas of the pit, and its assembly will be all around its grave, all of them killed, fallen by the sword, those who spread terror in the land of the living.

24 Elam is there and all of its hordes, all around its grave, all of them dead who fell by the sword, those who went down uncircumcised to the depths of the underworld,[o] those who spread their terror to the land of the living, and now they bear their disgrace with the people going down to the grave.[p] 25 In the midst of the slain they made a bed for her with all of her hordes all around its graves, all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword, for their terror was spread in the land of the living, and they now bear their disgrace with the people going down to the grave;[q] in the midst of the slain it was placed.

26 Meshech and Tubal are there and all of its hordes, all around him its graves, all of them uncircumcised and killed by the sword, for they gave their terror in the land of the living. 27 And they do not lie with warriors fallen from long ago, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war,[r] and they placed their sword under their heads, and their shields[s] were on their bones, for the terror of the warriors was in the land of the living. 28 And you[t] too in the midst of uncircumcised people will be broken, and you will lie with those slain by the sword.

29 There is Edom, its kings and all of its leaders who are laid along with their might with those killed by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with the people going down to the grave.[u]

30 There are also the princes of the north, all of them, all of the Sidonians who have gone down, being ashamed to lie with the slain because[v] of their terror that they caused from their might, and they lie uncircumcised with those killed by the sword, and they bear their disgrace along with the people going down to the grave.[w]

31 Pharaoh will see them, and he will be comforted over all of his hordes killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all of his army,” declares[x] the Lord Yahweh. 32 “For[y] he spread[z] my terror in the land of the living, and so he will be laid down in the midst of the uncircumcised with those killed by the sword: Pharaoh and all of his hordes,”declares[aa] the Lord Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:17 Literally “and it happened/was”
  2. Ezekiel 32:17 Literally “two of ten”
  3. Ezekiel 32:17 Literally “in the five ten of”
  4. Ezekiel 32:17 Literally “was”
  5. Ezekiel 32:17 Literally “to say”
  6. Ezekiel 32:18 Or “mortal,” or “son of humankind”
  7. Ezekiel 32:18 Literally “to the world/earth deeps/depth”
  8. Ezekiel 32:18 Or “pit” or “netherworld”
  9. Ezekiel 32:19 Literally “from whom are you lovely”
  10. Ezekiel 32:20 Or “she”; that is, Egypt
  11. Ezekiel 32:20 Or “it”
  12. Ezekiel 32:20 Or “its”
  13. Ezekiel 32:21 Literally “the slain of the sword”
  14. Ezekiel 32:23 That is, Assyria
  15. Ezekiel 32:24 Literally “land/earth/world”
  16. Ezekiel 32:24 Or “pit” or “sheol”
  17. Ezekiel 32:25 Or “pit”
  18. Ezekiel 32:27 Literally “with the weapons of war their”
  19. Ezekiel 32:27 Reading “their shields” for “their guilt”
  20. Ezekiel 32:28 Evidently refers to Egypt
  21. Ezekiel 32:29 Or “pit”
  22. Ezekiel 32:30 Or “in spite of” (cf. NJPS, NIV)
  23. Ezekiel 32:30 Or “pit”
  24. Ezekiel 32:31 Literally “declaration of”
  25. Ezekiel 32:32 Or “although”
  26. Ezekiel 32:32 Hebrew “I gave”
  27. Ezekiel 32:32 Literally “declaration of”
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