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Ezekiel 32:15-17
Good News Translation
Ezekiel 32:15-17
Good News Translation
15 When I make Egypt a desolate wasteland and destroy all who live there, they will know that I am the Lord. 16 This solemn warning will become a funeral song. The women of the nations will sing it to mourn for Egypt and all its people. I, the Sovereign Lord, have spoken.”
The World of the Dead
17 On the fifteenth day of the first month[a] of the twelfth year of our exile, the Lord spoke to me.
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- Ezekiel 32:17 One ancient translation of the first month; Hebrew does not have these words.
Ezekiel 32:15-17
New International Version
Ezekiel 32:15-17
New International Version
15 When I make Egypt desolate
and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
then they will know that I am the Lord.(A)’
16 “This is the lament(B) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”
Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead
17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:(C)
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