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16 This is a lamentation; it shall be chanted.
    The women of the nations shall chant it.
Over Egypt and all its hordes they shall chant it,
    says the Lord God.

Dirge over Egypt

17 In the twelfth year, in the first month,[a] on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:

18 Mortal, wail over the hordes of Egypt,
    and send them down,
with Egypt[b] and the daughters of majestic nations,
    to the world below,
    with those who go down to the Pit.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:17 Gk: Heb lacks in the first month
  2. Ezekiel 32:18 Heb it

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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