Ezekiel 32:18-30
18 “Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt and bring Egypt and the daughters of mighty nations down to the underworld,(a) to be with those who descend to the Pit:(A)
19
Who do you surpass in loveliness?
Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
20 Go down and be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
They will fall among those slain by the sword.
A sword is appointed!(B)
They drag her and all her hordes away.
21 A sword is appointed!(B)
They drag her and all her hordes away.
Warrior leaders will speak
from the middle of Sheol
about him(b) and his allies:
They have come down;
the uncircumcised lie
slain by the sword.(C)
from the middle of Sheol
about him(b) and his allies:
They have come down;
the uncircumcised lie
slain by the sword.(C)
22
Assyria is there with all her company;
her graves are all around her.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 her graves are all around her.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
Her graves are set in the deepest regions of the Pit,
and her company is all around her burial place.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who once spread terror
in the land of the living.
and her company is all around her burial place.
All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—
those who once spread terror
in the land of the living.
24
25
Among the slain
they prepare a resting place for Elam
with all her hordes.
Her graves are all around her.
All of them are uncircumcised,
slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
They are placed among the slain.
they prepare a resting place for Elam
with all her hordes.
Her graves are all around her.
All of them are uncircumcised,
slain by the sword,
although their terror was once spread
in the land of the living.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
They are placed among the slain.
26
27
28
But you will be shattered
and will lie down among the uncircumcised,
with those slain by the sword.(F)
and will lie down among the uncircumcised,
with those slain by the sword.(F)
29
Edom(G) is there, her kings and all her princes,
who, despite their strength, have been placed
among those slain by the sword.
They lie down with the uncircumcised,
with those who descend to the Pit.
30 who, despite their strength, have been placed
among those slain by the sword.
They lie down with the uncircumcised,
with those who descend to the Pit.
All the leaders of the north(H)
and all the Sidonians(I) are there.
They went down in shame with the slain,
despite the terror their strength inspired.
They lie down uncircumcised
with those slain by the sword.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
and all the Sidonians(I) are there.
They went down in shame with the slain,
despite the terror their strength inspired.
They lie down uncircumcised
with those slain by the sword.
They bear their disgrace
with those who descend to the Pit.
Footnotes:
a.
Ezekiel 32:18: Lit the lower parts of the earth
b.
Ezekiel 32:21: Either Pharaoh or Egypt
c.
Ezekiel 32:24: Lit the lower parts of the earth
d.
Ezekiel 32:26: Lit Meshech-tubal
e.
Ezekiel 32:27: LXX reads of antiquity
f.
Ezekiel 32:27: Or Do they not . . . heads?