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.
19. Say to them: ‘Are you more beautiful than others? Go lie down in death with those who are unclean.’
20. The Egyptians will fall among those killed in war. The sword is ready; the enemy will drag Egypt and all her people away.
21. From the place of the dead the leaders of the mighty ones will speak about the king of Egypt and the nations which help him: ‘The unclean, those killed in war, have come down here and lie dead.’
22. “Assyria and all its army lie dead there. The graves of their soldiers are all around. All were killed in war,
23. and their graves were put in the deepest parts of the place of the dead. Assyria’s army lies around its grave. When they lived on earth, they frightened people, but now all of them have been killed in war.
24. “The nation of Elam is there with all its army around its grave. All of them were killed in war. They had frightened people on earth and were unclean, so they went down to the lowest parts of the place of the dead. They must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead.
25. A bed has been made for Elam with all those killed in war. The graves of her soldiers are all around her. All Elam’s people are unclean, killed in war. They frightened people when they lived on earth, but now they must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead. Their graves are with the rest who were killed.
26. “Meshech and Tubal are there with the graves of all their soldiers around them. All of them are unclean and have been killed in war. They also frightened people when they lived on earth.