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Ezekiel 25:1-32:32

Prophecy against Ammon. (Eze.25.1-7)

25¹The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows,
²'Son of man, turn towards the Ammonites and prophesy against them. ³Say to the Ammonites, 'Hear the word of the Lord Yahweh. The Lord Yahweh says this:

'Since you gloated over my sanctuary when it was profaned, and over the land of Israel when it was ravaged, and over the House of Judah when it went into exile, ⁴I shall let the sons of the East take possession of you; they will pitch their camps inside you, they will make their home in you. They will be the ones to eat your produce and drink your milk. ⁵I shall turn Rabbah into a camel yard and the towns of Ammon into sheepfolds. And so you will know that I am Yahweh. ⁶'The Lord Yahweh says this: Since you have clapped your hands and danced for joy, full of malicious delight at Israel's fate, ⁷my hand will be against you for this; I shall hand you over to be looted by the peoples, obliterate you as a nation and wipe you out as a country. I shall reduce you to nothing, and you will know that I am Yahweh.

Prophecy against Moab. (Eze.25.8-11)

⁸'The Lord Yahweh says this:

'Since Moab and Seir have said: Look at the House of Judah; it is no different from any other nation; ⁹very well, I shall expose Moab's heights; its cities will no longer be cities throughout the land—the jewels of the country, Beth-Jeshimoth, Baal-Meon and Kiriathaim. ¹⁰I shall let the sons of the East and the Ammonites take possession of them, so that they will no longer be remembered by the nations. ¹¹I shall bring Moab to justice, and they will know that I am Yahweh.

Prophecy against Edom. (Eze.25.12-14)

¹²'The Lord Yahweh says this:

'Since Edom has taken revenge on the House of Judah and committed great crimes in doing so, ¹³very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against Edom and denude it of human and animal. I shall lay it waste, from Teman as far as Dedan they will be put to the sword. ¹⁴I shall take vengeance on Edom by means of my people Israel. They will treat Edom as my anger and fury dictate, and they will know this is my vengeance—declares the Lord Yahweh.

Prophecy against Philistia. (Eze.25.15-17)

¹⁵'The Lord Yahweh says this,

'Since the Philistines have acted in revenge and, motivated by malice, have taken revenge, doing their best to destroy because of their long-standing hatred, ¹⁶very well, the Lord Yahweh says this: My hand will be against the Philistines; I shall exterminate the Cherethites and destroy the rest of the coastal peoples. ¹⁷I shall perform frightful acts of vengeance and inflict furious punishments on them; and they will know that I am Yahweh, when I exact my vengeance on them.' '

Prophecy against Tyre. (Eze.26.1-21)

26¹In the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, since Tyre has said of Jerusalem:

'Aha! She is shattered, the Gateway to the Nations;
she now gives way to me.
Her riches are ruined!'
³Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this,
'Now, Tyre, I am against you,
⁴I shall raise many nations against you
as the sea raises its waves.
They will destroy the walls of Tyre,
they will demolish her towers;
I shall sweep the dust of her away
and reduce her to a naked rock.
⁵She will be a drying-ground out to sea for fishing-nets.
For I have spoken—declares Lord Yahweh.
She will be the prey of the nations.
⁶As for her daughters on the mainland,
these will be put to the sword,
and they will know that I am Yahweh.'

⁷'For the Lord Yahweh says this, 'From the north, I shall bring Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, king of kings, down on Tyre with horses, chariots, cavalry and an enormous army.

⁸He will put your daughters on the mainland to the sword.
He will build siege-works against you,
cast up a siege-ramp against you,
raise a screen against you;
⁹he will pound your walls with his battering-rams,
and demolish your towers with his siege-engines.
¹⁰His horses are so many that their dust will hide you.
The noise of his horsemen and his chariot-wheels
will make your walls tremble as he enters your gates
as though storming into a city through the breach.
¹¹With his horses' hoofs he will trample through all your streets;
he will put your people to the sword,
and throw your massive pillars to the ground.
¹²Your wealth will be seized, your merchandise looted,
your walls rased, your luxurious houses shattered,
your stones, your timbers, your very dust, thrown into the sea.
¹³I shall put an end to the sound of your songs;
the sound of your harps will not be heard again.
¹⁴I shall reduce you to a naked rock,
and make you into a drying-ground for fishing-nets,
never to be rebuilt;
for I, Yahweh, have spoken
—declares the Lord Yahweh.'

¹⁵'The Lord Yahweh says this to Tyre, 'Will not the islands quake at the sound of your fall, while the wounded groan and the slaughter takes place inside you? ¹⁶All the princes of the sea will leave their thrones, lay aside their cloaks, take off their embroidered robes. Dressed in terror they will sit on the ground trembling incessantly, stunned at your fate. ¹⁷'They will raise the lament for you as follows:

You are destroyed then, vanished from the seas,
famous city, former sea-power,
who with her citizens,
used to spread terror all over the mainland!
¹⁸Now the islands are trembling
on the day of your fall;
the islands of the sea are terrified by your end.

¹⁹'For the Lord Yahweh says this:

'When I make you a ruined city like other deserted cities, when I raise the deep against you and the ocean covers you, ²⁰when I fling you down with those who go down into the abyss, with the people of long ago, and put you deep in the underworld, in the ruins of long ago with those who sink into oblivion, so that you can never come back or be restored to the land of the living, ²¹I will make you an object of terror; you will not exist. People will look for you but never find you again—declares the Lord Yahweh!' '

A funeral song for Tyre. (Eze.27.1-36)

27¹The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, raise the lament for Tyre. ³Say to Tyre, 'City enthroned at the gateway of the sea, agent between the peoples and the many islands, Lord Yahweh says this:

Tyre, you used to say: I am a ship perfect in beauty.
⁴Your frontiers were far out to sea;
those who built you made you perfect in beauty.
⁵Cypress from Senir they used for all your planking.
They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast above you.
⁶From oaks of Bashan they made your oars.
They built you a deck of cedar inlaid with ivory from the Kittim isles.
⁷Embroidered linen from Egypt was used for your sail and for your flag.
Purple and scarlet from the Elishah islands formed your deck-tent.
⁸The people of Sidon and Arvad were your oarsmen.
The sages of Tyre were aboard, serving as sailors.
⁹The elders and craftsmen of Gebal were there to caulk your seams.

'Every sea-going ship and crew frequented you to guarantee your trade. ¹⁰Men from Persia, Lud and Put served as warriors in your army; hanging up shield and helmet in you, they displayed your splendour. ¹¹The sons of Arvad with their army manned your walls all round, while the Gammadians manned your towers; hanging their shields all round your walls, they completed your beauty. ¹²Tarshish traded with you because of your abundant resources and exchanged your merchandise for silver, iron, tin and lead. ¹³Javan, Tubal and Meshech traded with you. For your merchandise they traded slaves and bronze artefacts. ¹⁴The people of Beth-Togarmah traded your horses, chargers, mules. ¹⁵The people of Dedan traded with you; many islands were your customers and paid you in ivory tusks and ebony. ¹⁶Edom traded with you for the sake of your many manufactured goods, exchanging garnets, purple, embroideries, fine linen, coral and rubies for your goods. ¹⁷Judah and the land of Israel also traded with you, bringing corn from Minnith, pannag, honey, oil and balm. ¹⁸Damascus traded with you, for quantities of your manufactured goods and other goods of all kinds, furnishing you with wine from Helbon and wool from Zahar. ¹⁹Dan and Javan, from Uzal onwards, supplied you with wrought iron, cassia and reeds in exchange for your goods. ²⁰Dedan traded with you in saddle-cloths. ²¹Arabia and all the sheikhs of Kedar were your customers; they paid in lambs, rams and he-goats. ²²The merchants of Sheba and Raamah traded with you; they supplied you with the finest spices, precious stones and gold for your merchandise. ²³Haran, Canneh and Eden, the merchants of Sheba, Asshur and Chilmad traded with you. ²⁴They traded rich clothes, embroidered and purple cloaks, multi-coloured materials and strong plaited cords for your markets.

²⁵Ships of Tarshish sailed on your business;
you were full and heavily loaded far out to sea.
²⁶Out to the open sea your oarsmen rowed you.
The east wind has wrecked you far out to sea.
²⁷Your riches, your goods, your cargo,
your seamen, your sailors, your caulkers,
your commercial agents,
all the warriors you carry,
and all the passengers who are aboard
will founder far out to sea on the day of your shipwreck. ²⁸When they hear the cries of your sailors the coasts will tremble.
²⁹Then the oarsmen will all desert their ships.
The sailors and seafaring people will stay ashore.
³⁰They will raise their voices for you and weep bitterly.
They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes;
³¹they will shave their heads for you and put sackcloth round their waists.
With heartfelt bitterness they will weep for you,
bitterly wail.
³²Wailing, they will raise the lament for you,
they will lament over you:

Who is like Tyre, far out to sea?
³³When you unloaded your goods to satisfy so many peoples,
you enriched the kings of the earth
with your excess of wealth and goods.
³⁴Now you have been wrecked by the waves,
by the depths of the sea.
Your cargo and all your passengers have foundered with you.
³⁵All those who live in the islands will be stunned at your fate.
Their kings will quake with horror,
with downcast expressions.
³⁶The merchants of the nations will whistle at your fate.
You will be an object of terror,
gone for ever.' '

Prophecy against the king of Tyre. (Eze.28.1-10)

28¹The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, say to the ruler of Tyre, 'The Lord Yahweh says this:

Because your heart has grown proud, you thought: I am a god;
I am divinely enthroned far out to sea.
Though you are human, not divine,
you have allowed yourself to think like God.
³So, you are wiser than Danel;
no sage as wise as you!
⁴By your wisdom and your intelligence you have made yourself a fortune,
you have put gold and silver into your treasuries.
⁵Such is your skill in trading,
your fortune has continued to increase,
and your fortune has made your heart grow prouder.

⁶'And so, the Lord Yahweh says this:

Since you have allowed yourself to think like God,
⁷very well, I am going to bring foreigners against you,
the most barbarous of the nations.
They will draw sword against your fine wisdom,
they will desecrate your splendour,
⁸they will throw you down into the grave
and you will die a violent death far out to sea.
⁹Will you still think: I am a god,
when your slaughterers confront you?
But you will be human, not divine,
in the clutches of the ones who strike you down!
¹⁰You will die like the uncircumcised at the hand of foreigners.

'For I have spoken—declares the Lord Yahweh.' '

Fall of the king of Tyre. (Eze.28.11-19)

¹¹The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ¹²'Son of man, raise a lament for the king of Tyre. Say to him, 'The Lord Yahweh says this:

You used to be a model of perfection,
full of wisdom, perfect in beauty;
¹³you were in Eden, in the garden of God.
All kinds of gem formed your mantle:
sard, topaz, diamond, chrysolite, onyx,
jasper, sapphire, garnet, emerald,
and your ear-pendants and spangles were made of gold;
all was ready on the day you were created.
¹⁴I made you a living creature with outstretched wings, as guardian,
you were on the holy mountain of God;
you walked amid red-hot coals.
¹⁵Your behaviour was exemplary from the day you were created
until guilt first appeared in you,
¹⁶because your busy trading has filled you with violence and sin.
I have thrown you down from the mountain of God
and destroyed you, guardian winged creature, amid the coals.
¹⁷Your heart has grown proud because of your beauty,
your wisdom has been corrupted by your splendour.
I have thrown you to the ground;
I have made you a spectacle for kings.
¹⁸By the immense number of your crimes,
by the dishonesty of your trading,
you have defiled your sanctuary.
So I have brought fire out of you to devour you;
I have reduced you to ashes on the ground
before the eyes of all who saw you.
¹⁹Of the nations, all who know you are stunned at your fate.
You are an object of terror;
gone for ever.' '

Prophecy against Sidon. (Eze.28.20-23)

²⁰The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²¹'Son of man, turn towards Sidon and prophesy against her. ²²Say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this:

I am against you, Sidon,
I will show my glory in you!
They will know I am Yahweh,
once I execute sentence on her
and display my holiness in her.
²³For I shall send her the plague,
and there will be blood in her streets,
and in her the dead will fall
under the sword raised against her from all sides,
and they will know that I am Yahweh.

Israel will be blessed. (Eze.28.24-26)

²⁴'No more, for the House of Israel, shall any of the hostile nations surrounding them be a thorn that wounds or a briar that tears; and they will know that I am Yahweh. ²⁵'The Lord Yahweh says this: When I gather the House of Israel back from the peoples where they are dispersed, I shall display my glory in them for the nations to see. They will live on the soil which I gave to my servant Jacob. ²⁶They will live there in confidence, build houses, plant vineyards. They will live in safety, once I inflict punishments on all the hostile nations surrounding them, and they will know that I am Yahweh their God.' '

Prophecy against Egypt. (Eze.29.1-16)

29¹In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, turn towards Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against the whole of Egypt. ³Speak and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt—
the great crocodile wallowing in his Niles
who thought: My Nile is mine, I made it.
⁴I shall put hooks through your jaws,
make your Nile fish stick to your scales,
and pull you out of your Niles
with all your Nile fish sticking to your scales.
⁵I shall drop you in the desert,
with all your Nile fish.
You will fall in the wilds
and not be taken up or buried.
I shall give you as food
to the wild animals and the birds of heaven,
⁶and all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh,
for they have given no more support than a reed to the House of Israel.
⁷Wherever they grasped you, you broke in their hands
and cut their hands all over.
Whenever they leaned on you, you broke,
making all their limbs give way.

⁸'So, the Lord Yahweh says this: I shall send the sword against you to denude you of human and animal. ⁹Egypt will become a desolate waste, and they will know that I am Yahweh. Because he thought: The Nile is mine, I made it, ¹⁰very well, I am against you and your Niles. I shall make Egypt a waste and a desolation, from Migdol to Syene and beyond to the frontiers of Ethiopia. ¹¹No human foot will pass through it, no animal foot will pass through it. For forty years it will remain uninhabited. ¹²I shall make Egypt the most desolate of countries; for forty years its cities will be the most desolate of wasted cities. And I shall scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the countries. ¹³The Lord Yahweh, however, says this: After forty years have passed, I shall gather the Egyptians back from the nations where they were dispersed. ¹⁴I shall bring the Egyptian captives back and re-install them in the land of Pathros, in the country of their origin. There they will constitute a modest kingdom. ¹⁵Egypt will be the most modest of kingdoms and no longer dominate other nations; for I shall reduce it, so that it will not rule other nations ever again. ¹⁶It will no longer be anything for the House of Israel to trust in, but will be a reminder of the guilt which lay in turning to it for help. And they will know that I am Lord Yahweh.' '

Nebuchadnezzar will conquer Egypt. (Eze.29.17-21)

¹⁷In the twenty-seventh year, on the first day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows: ¹⁸'Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon has taken his army in a great expedition against Tyre. Their heads have all gone bald, their shoulders are all chafed, but even so he has derived no profit, either for himself or for his army, from the expedition mounted against Tyre. ¹⁹Since this is so, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Look, I shall hand Egypt over to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. He will carry off its riches, loot it, put it to the sack; that will be the wages for his army. ²⁰As wages for the trouble he has taken, I am giving him Egypt instead (for they have been working for me)-declares the Lord Yahweh. ²¹'That day, I shall raise up a new stock for the House of Israel and allow you to open your mouth among them. And they will know that I am Yahweh.' '

The LORD will punish Egypt. (Eze.30.1-19)

30¹The word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, prophesy and say, 'The Lord Yahweh says this: Howl: Disaster day! ³For the day is near, the day of Yahweh is near; it will be a day dark with cloud, a time of doom for the nations. ⁴'The sword will come on Egypt, and anguish on the country of Cush when the slaughtered fall in Egypt, when her riches are carried away and her foundations are destroyed. ⁵Cush, Put and Lud, all Arabia, Cub and the children of the country of the covenant will fall by the sword with them. ⁶'Yahweh says this:

'The supports of Egypt will fall; the pride of her strength will crumble; they will fall by the sword from Migdol to Syene—declares the Lord Yahweh. ⁷'They will be the most desolate of desolate countries, and its cities the most ruined of cities. ⁸And they will know that I am Yahweh when I set fire to Egypt and all its supports are shattered. ⁹'That day, I shall send messengers by ship to terrify the carefree Cushites, and anguish will overtake them on the day of Egypt—it is coming now! ¹⁰The Lord Yahweh says this:

I shall destroy the huge population of Egypt at the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. ¹¹He and his people, the most barbarous of nations, will be brought to ravage the country. They will draw the sword against Egypt and fill the country with corpses. ¹²I shall dry up the courses of the Nile and sell the country to the wicked. I shall lay the whole country waste and everything in it, at the hand of foreigners. I, Yahweh, have spoken. ¹³'The Lord Yahweh says this:

I shall destroy the foul idols and take the false gods away from Noph. Egypt will be left without a ruler. I shall spread fear through Egypt. ¹⁴I shall lay Pathros waste, set Zoan on fire, inflict my punishments on No. ¹⁵I shall vent my fury on Sin, the bastion of Egypt; I shall wipe out the throngs of No. ¹⁶I shall set fire to Egypt; Sin will be seized with convulsions; a breach will be opened at No and the waters flood out. ¹⁷The young men of On and Pi-Beseth will fall by the sword and the cities themselves go into captivity. ¹⁸At Tahpanhes day will turn to darkness when I shatter the sceptres of Egypt there, when the pride of her strength ceases. A cloud will cover Egypt itself, and its daughters will go into captivity. ¹⁹Such will be the punishments I inflict on Egypt. And they will know that I am Yahweh.' '

Pharoah's broken power. (Eze.30.20-26)

²⁰In the eleventh year, on the seventh day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²¹'Son of man, I have broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; you can see that no one has dressed his wound by applying remedies to it, by bandaging it and by dressing it, to make it strong enough to wield the sword. ²²This being so, the Lord Yahweh says this, 'Look, I am against Pharaoh king of Egypt; I shall break his arms, the sound one and the broken one, and make the sword drop from his hand. ²³I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries. ²⁴I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put my sword in his hand. I shall break Pharaoh's arms and, confronted with his enemy, he will groan like a dying man. ²⁵I shall strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, and the arms of Pharaoh will fall. And they will know that I am Yahweh, when I put my sword into the hands of the king of Babylon and he wields it against Egypt. ²⁶I shall scatter Egypt among the nations and disperse it among the countries; and they will know that I am Yahweh.' '

Egypt - a cedar tree. (Eze.31.1-18)

31¹In the eleventh year, on the first day of the third month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and his throng of subjects:

'What can compare with you for greatness?
³I know: a cedar tree in the Lebanon
with noble branches, dense foliage, lofty height.
Its top pierces the clouds.
⁴The waters have made it grow, the deep has made it tall,
pouring its rivers round the place where it is planted,
sending rivulets to all the wild trees.
⁵This is why its height was greater than that of other wild trees,
its branches increased in number,
its boughs stretched wide,
because of the plentiful waters making it grow.
⁶All the birds of heaven nested in its branches;
under its boughs all wild animals dropped their young;
in its shade sat many, many people.
⁷It was beautiful in its size, in the span of its boughs;
for its roots were in plentiful waters.
⁸There was no cedar like it in the garden of God,
no cypress had branches such as these,
no plane tree could match its boughs,
no tree in the garden of God could rival its beauty.
⁹I had made it so lovely with its many branches
that it was the envy of every tree in Eden, in the garden of God.

¹⁰'Very well, the Lord Yahweh says this:

'Since it has raised itself to its full height, has lifted its top into the clouds, and has grown arrogant about its height, ¹¹I have handed it over to the prince of the nations, for him to treat as its wickedness deserves; I have rejected it. ¹²Foreigners, the most barbarous of nations, have cut it down and deserted it. On the mountains, in all the valleys, lie its branches; its broken boughs are in every ravine throughout the country; everybody in the country has fled its shade and deserted it. ¹³On its wreckage perch all the birds of heaven; all the wild animals have advanced on its branches. ¹⁴'So in future let no tree rear its height beside the waters, none push its top into the clouds, no watered tree stretch its height towards them. For all of them are doomed to death, to the depths of the underworld, with the common run of humanity, with those who sink into oblivion. ¹⁵'The Lord Yahweh says this: The day it went down to Sheol, I imposed mourning, I closed the deep over it. I stopped its rivers and the plentiful waters dried up; I made Lebanon dark because of it, and all the wild trees wilted because of it. ¹⁶With the noise when it fell I made the nations quake, as I hurled it down to Sheol, with those who sink into oblivion. In the depths of the underworld all the trees of Eden took comfort, the pick of the loveliest trees of the Lebanon, all irrigated by the waters. ¹⁷And its offspring among the nations, once living in its shade, went down to Sheol with it, to those who have been slaughtered by the sword. ¹⁸'Which of the trees of Eden compares with you for glory and greatness? Yet you have been hurled down with the trees of Eden, to the depths of the underworld, among the uncircumcised, and there you lie with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. So much for Pharaoh and all his throng—declares the Lord Yahweh.' '

Pharoah - a crocodile. (Eze.32.1-16)

32¹In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ²'Son of man, raise a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt. Say to him:

'Young lion of nations, you are destroyed!
Once you were like a crocodile in the lagoons;
emerging from your rivers,
you churned up the water with your trampling
and fouled their streams.

³'The Lord Yahweh says this:

I shall throw my net over you in a great concourse of nations;
and they will trawl you up in my net.
Then I shall leave you high and dry,
⁴I shall throw you out into the wilds
and make all the birds of heaven settle on you,
and glut all the beasts of the earth with you.
⁵I shall strew your flesh on your mountains
and fill the valleys with your corruption;
⁶I shall water the country with what flows from you,
with your blood, on the mountainsides,
and you will fill the ravines.
⁷When I extinguish you I shall cover the skies
and darken the stars.
I shall cover the sun with clouds
and the moon will not give its light.
⁸I shall dim every luminary in heaven because of you
and cover your country in darkness
—declares the Lord Yahweh.

⁹'I shall grieve the heart of many peoples when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries unknown to you. ¹⁰I shall stun many peoples with shock at your fate; their kings will tremble with horror at your fate, when I brandish my sword before their eyes. The day you fall, each will tremble in terror for his life. ¹¹For the Lord Yahweh says this: The sword of the king of Babylon will overtake you. ¹²I shall make your throngs of subjects fall at the swords of my warriors. They are the most barbarous of nations. They will annihilate the pride of Egypt, and all its throngs will be destroyed. ¹³I shall also destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters. No human foot will churn them, no animal foot will churn them up again; ¹⁴then I shall let their waters settle and make their rivers glide like oil—declares the Lord Yahweh. ¹⁵'When I reduce Egypt to a ruin and the country is stripped of its contents, when I strike all those who live there, they will know that I am Yahweh. ¹⁶'Such is the lament which the daughters of the nations will raise. They will raise it over Egypt and all its throng. This is the lament they will raise—declares the Lord Yahweh.' '

The pit. (Eze.32.17-32)

¹⁷In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the word of Yahweh was addressed to me as follows, ¹⁸'Son of man, lament over the throng of Egypt, for down she must go with the daughters of majestic nations to the depths of the underworld with those who sink into oblivion. ¹⁹'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Down with you, make your bed with the uncircumcised, ²⁰with those who have been slaughtered by the sword. (The sword has been given, it has been drawn.) She and all her throngs have fallen. ²¹From the depths of Sheol, the mightiest heroes, her allies, will say to her, 'They have come down, they have lain down, uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword.' ²²'Assyria is there and all her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword; ²³their graves have been made in the deepest part of the abyss, and her hordes, with their graves all round her; all of them slaughtered, killed by the sword, who once spread terror through the world of the living. ²⁴'Elam is there and all her throng round her grave, all of them slaughtered, fallen by the sword; they have gone down uncircumcised to the depths of the underworld, who once spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion. ²⁵Among the slaughtered, they have put a bed for her, among her throng with their tombs round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror throughout the world of the living. They have borne their shame with those who sink into oblivion. They have been put among the slaughtered. ²⁶'Meshech, Tubal are there and all her throng, with their graves round her, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror through the world of the living. ²⁷They do not lie with the heroes who fell long ago, those who went down to Sheol fully armed, who had their swords laid under their heads and their shields put under their bones, since the heroes inspired the world of the living with terror. ²⁸But you will be broken with the uncircumcised and lie with those slaughtered by the sword. ²⁹'Edom is there, her kings and all her princes who, despite their valour, have been laid with those slaughtered by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who sink into oblivion. ³⁰'All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there, who have gone down with the slaughtered, because of the terror which their power inspired. Ashamed, uncircumcised, they lie among those slaughtered by the sword and bear their shame with those who sink into oblivion. ³¹'Pharaoh will see them and take comfort at the sight of all this throng slaughtered by the sword—Pharaoh and all his throng—declares the Lord Yahweh. ³²For having spread terror through the world of the living, he will be laid with the uncircumcised, with those slaughtered by the sword, Pharaoh and all his throng—declares the Lord Yahweh.'