11. For thus says the Lord God:The sword of the king of Babylonwill come against you.
12. I will cut down your hordeswith the swords of warriors,all of them, ruthless nations;They will lay waste the glory of Egypt,and all its hordes will be destroyed.
13. I will wipe out all the livestockfrom the banks of its many waters;No human foot will disturb them again,no animal hoof stir them up.
14. Then I will make their waters clearand their streams flow like oil—oracle of the Lord God.
15. When I make Egypt a wastelandand the land destitute of everything,When I strike down all its inhabitantsthey shall know that I am the Lord.
16. This is the lamentationwomen of all nations will chant;They will raise it over Egypt;over all its hordes they will chant it—oracle of the Lord God.
17. On the fifteenth day of that month in the twelfth year, the word of the Lord came to me:
18. Son of man, wail over the hordes of Egypt—you and the women of mighty nations—Send them down to the underworld,with those who go down into the pit.
19. Whom do you excel in beauty? Go down!Be laid to rest with the uncircumcised!
20. Among those slain by the sword they will fall,for the sword has been appointed!Seize Egypt and all its hordes.
21. Out of Sheol the mighty warriorswill speak to him and his allies:Let them descend and lie down among the uncircumcised,those slain by the sword!
22. There is Assyria and all its company,around it are its graves,all of them slain, fallen by the sword.
23. The graves are setin the recesses of the pit;Its company is assembledaround its grave,All of them slain, fallen by the sword,those who spread terror in the land of the living.
24. There is Elam and all its hordearound its grave,All of them slain, fallen by the sword;they descended uncircumcisedinto the underworld,Those who spread their terrorin the land of the living.They bear their disgracewith those who go down into the pit.