1In the twelfth year, on the first day…
2“Son of man, take up a lament for…
3This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I…
4I will abandon you on the land and…
5I will put your flesh on the mountains…
6I will drench the land with the flow…
7When I extinguish you, I will cover the…
8All the shining lights in the heavens I…
9‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples,…
10I will cause many peoples to be appalled…
11For this is what the Lord GOD says:…
12I will make your hordes fall by the…
13I will slaughter all her cattle beside the…
14Then I will let her waters settle and…
15‘When I make the land of Egypt a…
16This is the lament they will chant for…
17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day…
18“Son of man, wail for the multitudes of…
19Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down…
20They will fall among those slain by the…
21Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of…
22Assyria is there with her whole company; her…
23Her graves are set in the depths of…
24Elam is there with all her multitudes around…
25Among the slain they prepare a resting place…
26Meshech and Tubal are there with all their…
27They do not lie down with the fallen…
28But you too will be shattered and lie…
29Edom is there, and all her kings and…
30All the leaders of the north and all…
31Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over…
32For I will spread My terror in the…
