Ezekiel 32:17-32
English Standard Version
17 (A)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,[a] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (B)“Son of man, (C)wail over (D)the multitude of Egypt, and (E)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, (F)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:
20 They shall fall amid those (I)who are slain by the sword. Egypt[b] is delivered to the sword; drag her away, and (J)all her multitudes. 21 The mighty chiefs (K)shall speak of them, (L)with their helpers, out of the midst of Sheol: ‘They have come down, they lie still, (M)the uncircumcised, (N)slain by the sword.’
22 (O)“Assyria is there, and all her company, (P)its graves all around it, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, 23 whose graves are set in (Q)the uttermost parts of the pit; and her company is all around her grave, all of them slain, fallen by the sword, (R)who spread terror (S)in the land of the living.
24 (T)“Elam is (U)there, and all her multitude around her grave; all of them (V)slain, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised into (W)the world below, who spread their terror in the land of the living; and (X)they bear their shame (Y)with those who go down to the pit. 25 (Z)They have made her a bed among the slain with all her multitude, (AA)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 (AB)“Meshech-Tubal is (AC)there, and all her multitude, (AD)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 (AE)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 (AF)and lie among the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword.
29 (AG)“Edom is (AH)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 (AI)of the north are there, all of them, and all the (AJ)Sidonians, who have gone down in shame with the slain, (AK)for all the terror that they caused by their might; they lie uncircumcised with those who are slain by the sword, and (AL)bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.
31 “When Pharaoh sees them, he (AM)will be comforted for (AN)all his multitude, Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord God. 32 (AO)For I spread terror (AP)in the land of the living; and he shall be laid to rest among (AQ)the uncircumcised, with those who are slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, declares the Lord God.”
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- Ezekiel 32:17 Hebrew lacks in the twelfth month
- Ezekiel 32:20 Hebrew She
Ezekiel 32:17-32
Common English Bible
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month,[a] the Lord’s word came to me: 18 Human one, mourn for Egypt’s hordes.
Send Egypt down
with the mighty nations subject[b] to it,
to the world below,[c]
among those who go down to the pit.
19 Whom do you surpass in beauty?
Go down and take your bed with the uncircumcised,
20 among those who fall slain by the sword.
A sword is appointed, and all his hordes will carry him off. 21 The mighty chieftains, those who once came to his aid, will speak to him from the middle of the underworld,[d] for the uncircumcised have gone down and have lain down, slain by the sword.
Vanished glory
22 Assyria is there, and all its assembly round about his grave,
all of them slain, fallen by the sword,
23 who were assigned graves in the deepest region of the pit.
His assembly surrounded his grave,
all of them slain, fallen by the sword,
who caused terror in the land of the living.
24 Elam is there, her entire horde round about her grave,
all of them slain, fallen by the sword,
who went down uncircumcised to the world below,[e]
who caused terror in the land of the living.
They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit.
25 Among the slain they made a bed for her,
with all her hordes round about her grave,
all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
for they caused terror in the land of the living.
They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit;
in the midst of the slain she[f] was placed.
26 Meshech and Tubal are there, and all their hordes around their graves,
all of them uncircumcised, slain by the sword,
for they caused terror in the land of the living.
27 They don’t lie with the mighty men fallen among the uncircumcised. When they went down to the underworld[g] with their weapons of war, they put their swords under their heads and their shields[h] over their bones. The terror of the mighty men is in the land of the living.
28 But you, you will be broken among the uncircumcised, and you will lie with those who are slain by the sword.
29 Edom is there, its kings and all its princes,
who, though strong, were put with those slain by the sword.
They lie with the uncircumcised,
like those who go down to the pit.
30 All the princes of the north are there,
and all the Sidonians who went down with the slain;
in spite of the terror of their strength, they were disgraced.
They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword.
They bore their shame like those who go down to the pit.
31 When Pharaoh sees them,
he will be sorry for all his hordes who are slain by the sword—
Pharaoh and all his army.
This is what the Lord God says,
32 Though it was I who put his terror in the land of the living,
he will be laid out among the uncircumcised,
with those slain by the sword, Pharaoh and all his horde.
This is what the Lord God says.
Footnotes
- Ezekiel 32:17 LXX; MT lacks the first month.
- Ezekiel 32:18 Or daughter nations
- Ezekiel 32:18 Or the land of the lowest places
- Ezekiel 32:21 Heb Sheol
- Ezekiel 32:24 Or the land of the lowest places
- Ezekiel 32:25 Or he
- Ezekiel 32:27 Heb Sheol
- Ezekiel 32:27 Or sin
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