32:1 It was in the twelfth year [C since King Jehoiachin’s exile (1:2)], in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month [C March 3, 585 bc]. The ·Lord spoke his word [L word of the Lord came] to me, saying:
32:2 “·Human [T Son of man; 2:1], sing a ·funeral song [lament; dirge] about Pharaoh, the king of Egypt. Say to him: ‘You are like a young lion [19:1–9] among the nations. You are like a ·crocodile [or monster; or dragon; 29:4] in the seas. You ·splash [thrash] around in your streams and stir up the water with your feet, making the rivers muddy.
32:3 “‘This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a ·large group of [assembly of many] people to ·pull [haul] you up in my net.
32:4 Then I will ·throw [cast; or abandon] you on the land ·dropping [hurling] you onto the ·ground [open field]. I will let the birds of the ·sky [heavens] ·rest [settle] on you and all the animals of the earth ·eat you until they are full [gorge themselves on you; Rev. 19:21].
32:5 I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with ·what is left of you [your remains; L your height].
32:6 I will drench the land with your flowing blood as far as the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your flesh.
32:7 When I ·make you disappear [snuff/blot you out], I will cover the ·sky [heavens] and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
32:8 I will make all the shining lights in the ·sky [heavens] become dark over you; I will bring darkness over your land, says the Lord God.
32:9 I will ·cause many people to be afraid [L trouble the hearts of many peoples] when I bring ·you as a captive into other [or about your destruction among the] nations, to lands you have not known.
32:10 I will cause many people to be shocked about you. Their kings will tremble with ·fear [horror] because of you when I ·swing [brandish] my sword in front of them. They will ·shake [tremble] every moment on the day ·you fall [of your downfall]; each ·king [one] will ·be afraid [tremble] for his own life.
32:11 “‘So this is what the Lord God says: The sword of the king of Babylon will attack you.
32:12 I will cause your people to fall by the swords of mighty soldiers, the most ·terrible [ruthless] ·in the world [of nations]. They will ·destroy [shatter] the pride of Egypt and all its ·people [L hordes/armies will be destroyed].
32:13 I will also destroy all Egypt’s cattle that live alongside much water. The foot of a human will not ·stir [disturb] the water, and the hoofs of cattle will not muddy it anymore.
32:14 So I will let ·the Egyptians’ [L their] water ·become clear [or calm; L sink; settle]. I will cause their rivers to run ·as smoothly as [L like] olive oil, says the Lord God.
32:15 When I make the land of Egypt ·empty [a desolation] and ·take [strip out; empty] everything that is in the land, when I ·destroy [strike down] all those who live in Egypt, then they will know that I am the Lord.’
32:16 “This is the ·funeral song [lament; dirge] people will sing for Egypt. The ·women [L daughters] of the nations will ·sing [chant] it; they will ·sing [chant] it for Egypt and all ·its people [her hordes/armies], says the Lord God.”
32:17 It was in the twelfth year [C since King Jehoiachin’s exile (1:2)], on the fifteenth day of the month [C March 17, 585 bc]. The ·Lord spoke his word [L word of the Lord came] to me, saying:
32:18 “·Human [T Son of man; 2:1], ·cry [wail] for the people of Egypt. Bring down Egypt, together with the ·women [L daughters] of the powerful nations; bring them down to the ·place of the dead below the earth [underworld; world below] to join those who go to the ·place of the dead [L pit].
32:19 Say to them: ‘Are you more ·beautiful [or favored] than others? Go lie down [C in death] with ·those who are unclean [L the uncircumcised].’
32:20 ·The Egyptians [L They] will fall among those killed ·in war [L by the sword]. The sword is ·ready [drawn; or appointed]; ·the enemy [L they] will drag Egypt and all her ·people [hordes; armies] away.
32:21 From the ·place of the dead [L midst of Sheol] the ·leaders of the mighty ones [or mighty leaders; warrior chiefs] will speak ·about [or to] ·the king of Egypt and the nations which help him [L him and his allies]: ‘The ·unclean [L uncircumcised], those killed ·in war [L by the sword], have come down here and ·lie dead [L lie].’
32:22 “Assyria and all its ·army [assembly; company] lie dead there. ·The graves of their soldiers [L Its graves] are all around. All were ·killed in war [L struck down by the sword],
32:23 and their graves were put in the deepest parts of the ·place of the dead [L pit]. ·Assyria’s army [L Her assembly/company] lies around its grave. When they ·lived on earth [L were in the land of the living], they ·frightened people [spread terror], but now all of them have been ·killed in war [L struck down by the sword].
32:24 “The nation of Elam [C a country east of Assyria; present-day Iran] is there with all its ·army [hordes] around its grave. All of them were ·killed in war [L struck down by the sword]. They had ·frightened people [L spread terror] ·on earth [L in the land of the living] and so went down ·unclean [L uncircumcised] to the ·lowest parts of the place of the dead [underworld; world below]. They must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the ·place of the dead [L pit].
32:25 A ·bed [resting place] has been made for Elam [v. 24] ·with all those killed in war [among the slain]. The graves of her ·soldiers [hordes] are all around her. All Elam’s people are ·unclean [L uncircumcised], killed ·in war [L by the sword]. They ·frightened people [spread terror] ·when they lived on earth [L in the land of the living], but now they must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the ·place of the dead [L pit]. ·Their graves are [or They are assigned a place; L They are set] with the rest who were killed.
32:26 “·Meshech and Tubal [or Meshech-tubal; C people from Asia Minor, southeast of the Black Sea; 27:13] are there with the graves of all their ·soldiers [hordes] around them. All of them are ·unclean [uncircumcised] and have been killed ·in war [L by the sword]. They also ·frightened people [spread terror] ·when they lived on earth [L in the land of the living].
32:27 But they ·are not buried [L do not lie] with the ·other soldiers who were killed in battle [fallen warriors of] long ago, those who went with their weapons of war to ·the place of the dead [L Sheol]. These soldiers had their swords laid under their heads and their ·shields [or iniquities; guilt] resting on their ·bodies [L bones]. These mighty soldiers used to ·frighten [terrorize] people ·when they lived on earth [L in the land of the living].
32:28 “You [C addressing Pharaoh, king of Egypt] will be broken and lie among ·those who are unclean [L the uncircumcised], who were killed ·in war [L by the sword].
32:29 “Edom is there also, with its kings and all its ·leaders [princes]. They were mighty, but now they lie [C in death] with those killed ·in war [L by the sword], with those who are ·unclean [L uncircumcised], with those who have gone down to the ·place of the dead [L pit].
32:30 “All the ·rulers [princes] of the north and all the Sidonians are there. Their strength frightened people, but they have gone down in shame with those who were killed. They are ·unclean [L uncircumcised], lying with those killed ·in war [L by the sword]. They carry their shame with those who have gone down to the ·place of the dead [L pit].
32:31 “·The king of Egypt [L Pharaoh] and his army will see ·these who have been killed in war [L them]. Then he will be comforted for all his ·soldiers [hordes] killed ·in war [L by the sword], says the Lord God.
32:32 I ·made people afraid of the king of Egypt [or terrified him] ·while he lived on earth [L in the land of the living]. But he and all his ·people [hordes; armies] will lie among those who are ·unclean [L uncircumcised], who were killed ·in war [L by the sword], says the Lord God.”
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