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16 (A)This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over (B)all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God.”

17 (C)In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month,[a] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: 18 (D)“Son of man, (E)wail over (F)the multitude of Egypt, and (G)send them down, her and the daughters of majestic nations, (H)to the world below, to those who have gone down to the pit:

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:17 Hebrew lacks in the twelfth month

16 “This is the lament(A) 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:(B) 18 “Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign(C) to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.(D)

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