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Babylon’s Invasion of Egypt

17 On the fifteenth day of the first[a] month of the twelfth year of our captivity,[b] a message from the Lord came to me, and this is what it said: 18 “Son of Man, mourn about the hordes of Egypt. Bring them down—that is, her and the citizens[c] of those majestic[d] nations—whose destiny is the deep part of the Pit.[e]

19 “So who’s more beautiful than you?
    You’ll be buried with the uncircumcised.[f]

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:17 The Heb. lacks the first
  2. Ezekiel 32:17 The Heb. lacks of our captivity
  3. Ezekiel 32:18 Lit. daughters
  4. Ezekiel 32:18 Or powerful
  5. Ezekiel 32:18 I.e. the realm of punishment in the afterlife
  6. Ezekiel 32:19 I.e. as one who does not honor God, and so throughout the chapter