16. This is your warning, and it will be used as a funeral song by foreign women to mourn the death of your people. I, the Lord God, have spoken.
17. On the fifteenth day of that same month, the Lord said:
18. Ezekiel, son of man, mourn for the Egyptians and condemn them to the world of the dead, where they will be buried beside the people of other powerful nations.
19. Say to them:You may be more beautifulthan the peopleof other nations,but you will also dieand join the godlessin the world below.
20. You cannot escape! The enemy's sword is ready to slaughter every one of you.
21. Brave military leaders killed in battle will gladly welcome you and your allies into the world of the dead.
22-23. The graves of soldiers from Assyria are there. They once terrified people, but they were killed in battle and now lie deep in the world of the dead.
24-25. The graves of soldiers from Elam are there. The very sight of those godless soldiers once terrified their enemies and made them panic. But now they are disgraced and ashamed as they lie in the world of the dead, beside others who were killed in battle.