¹⁷ In the 12th year, the Lord gave this message to me on the 15th day of the month: ¹⁸ ‘Son of man, weep for the many people of Egypt. Send them down to the place of dead people, deep under the ground. They will be there in their graves with the people of other powerful nations. ¹⁹ Say to them, “You think you are more beautiful than the people of other nations. But you too must go down to lie in your graves among those who do not belong to God.”