15. I will turn Egypt into a wasteland. I will take everything in the land, and I will kill all the people who live there. Then they will know that I am the Lord.’
16. “This is a funeral song. The people from the nations will sing this song. They will sing it as they mourn for Egypt and its many people,” declares the Almighty Lord.
17. On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, the Lord spoke his word to me. He said,
18. “Son of man, cry for the many people of Egypt. Bring them down along with the other mighty nations. Send them down below the earth to be with those who have gone down to the pit.
19. “⌊Tell them,⌋ ‘Are you more beautiful than anyone else? Go down and join the godless people.’
20. “The Egyptians will lie among those who were killed in battle. A sword has been drawn. Drag Egypt and all its people away.
21. The mightiest warriors will say to Pharaoh from the grave, ‘You and your defenders have come down, and you now lie with the godless people who were killed in battle.’