12. I will cause your people to fallby the swords of mighty soldiers,the most terrible in the world.They will destroy the pride of Egyptand all its people.
13. I will also destroy all Egypt’s cattlewhich live alongside much water.The foot of a human will not stir the water,and the hoofs of cattle will not muddy it anymore.
14. So I will let the Egyptians’ water become clear.I will cause their rivers to run as smoothly as olive oil,says the Lord God.
15. When I make the land of Egypt emptyand take everything that is in the land,when I destroy all those who live in Egypt,then they will know that I am the Lord.’
16. “This is the funeral song people will sing for Egypt. The women of the nations will sing it; they will sing a funeral song for Egypt and all its people, says the Lord God.”
17. It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
18. “Human, cry for the people of Egypt. Bring down Egypt, together with the women of the powerful nations; bring them down to the place of the dead below the earth to join those who go to the place of the dead.