18. “Mortal man,” he said, “mourn for all the many people of Egypt. Send them down with the other powerful nations to the world of the dead.
19. Say to them:“Do you think you are more beautiful than anyone else?You will go down to the world of the deadand lie there among the ungodly.
20. “The people of Egypt will fall with those who are killed in battle. A sword is ready to kill them all.
21. The greatest heroes and those who fought on the Egyptian side welcome the Egyptians to the world of the dead. They shout: ‘The ungodly who were killed in battle have come down here, and here they lie!’
22. “Assyria is there, with the graves of her soldiers all around. They were all killed in battle,
23. and their graves are in the deepest parts of the world of the dead. All her soldiers fell in battle, and their graves surround her tomb. Yet once they terrified the land of the living.
24. “Elam is there, with the graves of her soldiers all around. They were all killed in battle, and they went down, uncircumcised, to the world of the dead. In life they spread terror, but now they lie dead and disgraced.