12. I will destroy your hordes with the swords of mighty warriors—the terror of the nations.They will shatter the pride of Egypt,and all its hordes will be destroyed.
13. I will destroy all your flocks and herdsthat graze beside the streams.Never again will people or animalsmuddy those waters with their feet.
14. Then I will let the waters of Egypt become calm again,and they will flow as smoothly as olive oil,says the Sovereign lord.
15. And when I destroy Egyptand strip you of everything you ownand strike down all your people,then you will know that I am the lord.
16. Yes, this is the funeral songthey will sing for Egypt.Let all the nations mourn.Let them mourn for Egypt and its hordes.I, the Sovereign lord, have spoken!”
17. On March 17, during the twelfth year, another message came to me from the lord:
18. “Son of man, weep for the hordes of Egypt and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below in company with those who descend to the pit.
19. Say to them,‘O Egypt, are you lovelier than the other nations?No! So go down to the pit and lie there among the outcasts.’
20. The Egyptians will fall with the many who have died by the sword, for the sword is drawn against them. Egypt and its hordes will be dragged away to their judgment.
21. Down in the grave mighty leaders will mockingly welcome Egypt and its allies, saying, ‘They have come down; they lie among the outcasts, hordes slaughtered by the sword.’
22. “Assyria lies there surrounded by the graves of its army, those who were slaughtered by the sword.
23. Their graves are in the depths of the pit, and they are surrounded by their allies. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have been slaughtered by the sword.
24. “Elam lies there surrounded by the graves of all its hordes, those who were slaughtered by the sword. They struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere, but now they have descended as outcasts to the world below. Now they lie in the pit and share the shame of those who have gone before them.
25. They have a resting place among the slaughtered, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. Yes, they terrorized the nations while they lived, but now they lie in shame with others in the pit, all of them outcasts, slaughtered by the sword.
26. “Meshech and Tubal are there, surrounded by the graves of all their hordes. They once struck terror in the hearts of people everywhere. But now they are outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.
27. They are not buried in honor like their fallen heroes, who went down to the grave with their weapons—their shields covering their bodies and their swords beneath their heads. Their guilt rests upon them because they brought terror to everyone while they were still alive.
28. “You too, Egypt, will lie crushed and broken among the outcasts, all slaughtered by the sword.
29. “Edom is there with its kings and princes. Mighty as they were, they also lie among those slaughtered by the sword, with the outcasts who have gone down to the pit.