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And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, set your face against the ^(C1)sons of Ammon and prophesy against them,

and say to the sons of Ammon, 'Hear the word of the Lord ^(F1)GOD! This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you said, '^(C1)Aha!' against My sanctuary when it was profaned, and against the land of Israel when it was made desolate, and against the house of Judah when they went into exile,

therefore, behold, I am going to give you to the ^(F1)(C1)people of the east as a possession, and they will set up their encampments among you and make their dwellings among you; they will ^(C2)eat your fruit and drink your milk.

"I will make ^(C1)Rabbah a pasture for camels, and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Then you will know that I am the LORD."

'For this is what the Lord GOD says: "Because you have ^(C1)clapped your hands and stamped your feet, and have ^(C2)rejoiced with all the malice in your soul against the land of Israel,

therefore, behold, I have ^(C1)reached out with My hand against you and I will give you as ^(C2)plunder to the nations. And I will ^(C3)cut you off from the peoples and ^(C4)eliminate you from the lands. I will exterminate you. So you will ^(C5)know that I am the LORD."

'The Lord GOD says this: "Because ^(C1)Moab and Seir say, 'Behold, the house of Judah is like all the nations,'

therefore, behold, I am going to ^(F1)deprive the flank of Moab of its cities, of its cities ^(F2)which are on its frontiers, the glory of the land, ^(C1)Beth-jeshimoth, ^(C2)Baal-meon, and ^(C3)Kiriathaim;

and I will give it as a possession along with the sons of Ammon to the ^(F1)(C1)people of the east, so that the sons of Ammon will not be remembered among the nations.

"So I will execute judgments on Moab, and they will know that I am the LORD."

'The Lord GOD says this: "Because ^(C1)Edom has acted against the house of Judah by taking vengeance, and has incurred great guilt, and avenged themselves upon them,"

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "I will also ^(C1)reach out with My hand against Edom and ^(C2)eliminate human and animal life from it. And I will turn it into ruins; from ^(C3)Teman even to ^(C4)Dedan they will fall by the sword.

"And ^(C1)I will inflict My vengeance on Edom by the hand of My people Israel. Therefore, they will act in Edom ^(C2)in accordance with My anger and My wrath; so they will know My vengeance," declares the Lord GOD.

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Because the Philistines have acted in ^(C1)revenge, and have taken vengeance with malice in their souls to destroy with everlasting hostility,"

therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am going to ^(C1)reach out with My hand against the Philistines and eliminate the ^(C2)Cherethites; and I will destroy the remnant of the seacoast.

"I will execute great vengeance on them with wrathful rebukes; and they will ^(C1)know that I am the LORD, when I inflict My vengeance on them."'"

Now in the eleventh year, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, because ^(C1)Tyre has said in regard to Jerusalem, 'Aha! The ^(C2)gateway of the peoples is broken; it has ^(F1)(C3)opened to me. I shall be filled, now that she is laid waste,'

therefore this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: 'Behold, I am against you, Tyre, and I will bring up ^(C1)many nations against you, as the ^(C2)sea brings up its waves.

'They will ^(C1)destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down her towers; and I will sweep her debris away from her and make her a bare rock.

'She will become a dry place for the spreading of nets in the midst of the sea, for I have spoken,' declares the Lord GOD; 'and she will become ^(C1)plunder for the nations.

'Also her ^(C1)daughters who are ^(F1)on the mainland will be killed by the sword, and they will know that I am the LORD.'"

For the Lord GOD says this: "Behold, I am going to bring upon Tyre from the north Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, ^(C1)king of kings, with horses, ^(C2)chariots, cavalry, and ^(F1)a great army.

"He will kill your daughters ^(F1)on the mainland with the sword; and he will make ^(C1)siege walls against you, pile up an ^(C2)assault ramp against you, and raise up a large shield against you.

"And he will direct the blow of his battering rams against your walls, and he will tear down your towers with his ^(F1)axes.

"Because of the multitude of his ^(C1)horses, the dust raised by them will cover you; your walls will ^(C2)shake from the noise of cavalry, ^(F1)wagons, and chariots when he ^(C3)enters your gates as warriors enter a city that is breached.

"With the hoofs of his ^(C1)horses he will trample all your streets. He will kill your people with the sword, and your strong ^(F1)pillars will ^(C2)go down to the ground.

"Also they will take your riches as spoils and plunder your ^(C1)merchandise, ^(C2)tear down your walls and destroy your ^(C3)delightful houses, and ^(F1)throw your stones, your timbers, and your debris ^(C4)into the water.

"So I will put an end to the sound of your ^(C1)songs, and the sound of your ^(C2)harps will no longer be heard.

"I will turn you into a bare rock; you will become a dry place for the spreading of nets. You will not be ^(C1)rebuilt, for I the ^(C2)LORD have spoken," declares the Lord GOD.

The Lord GOD says this to Tyre: "Will the ^(C1)coastlands not ^(C2)shake from the sound of your downfall when the wounded groan, when the slaughter takes place in your midst?

"Then all the princes of the sea will ^(C1)descend from their thrones, remove their robes, and strip off their colorfully woven garments. They will ^(C2)clothe themselves with ^(F1)trembling; they will sit on the ground, ^(C3)tremble again and again, and be appalled at you.

"And they will take up a ^(C1)song of mourning over you and say to you, '^(C2)How you have perished, you inhabited one, From the seas, you famous city, Which was ^(C3)mighty on the sea, She and her inhabitants, Who imposed ^(F1)her terror On all her inhabitants!

-'Now the ^(C1)coastlands will tremble On the day of your downfall; Yes, the coastlands which are by the sea Will be horrified at your ^(C2)passing.'"

For this is what the Lord GOD says: "When I make you a desolate city, like the cities which are not inhabited, when I ^(C1)bring up the deep over you and the great waters cover you,

then I will bring you down with those who ^(C1)go down to the pit, to the people of old, and I will make you remain in the ^(C2)lower parts of the earth, like the ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, so that you will not ^(F1)be inhabited; but I will put ^(C3)glory in the land of the living.

"I will ^(F1)cause you ^(C1)sudden terrors and you will no longer exist; though you will be sought, ^(C2)you will never be found again," declares the Lord GOD.

Moreover, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"And you, son of man, ^(C1)take up a song of mourning over Tyre;

and say to Tyre, ^(C1)who sits at the ^(F1)entrance to the sea, ^(C2)merchant of the peoples to many coastlands, 'This is what the Lord ^(F2)GOD says: "Tyre, you have said, 'I am perfect in beauty.'

-"Your borders are in the heart of the seas; Your builders have perfected your beauty.

-"They have ^(F1)made all your planks of juniper trees from ^(C1)Senir; They have taken a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you.

-"Of ^(C1)oaks from ^(C2)Bashan they have made your rudders; With ivory they have ^(F1)inlaid your deck of boxwood from the coastlands of ^(C3)Cyprus.

-"Your sail was of colorfully embroidered linen from Egypt So that it became your flag; Your ^(F1)awning was ^(C1)violet and purple from the coastlands of ^(C2)Elishah.

-"The inhabitants of Sidon and ^(C1)Arvad were your rowers; Your ^(C2)wise men, Tyre, were ^(F1)aboard; they were your sailors.

-"The elders of ^(C1)Gebal and her wise men were with you repairing your leaks; All the ships of the sea and their sailors were with you in order to deal in your merchandise.

"^(C1)Persia, ^(C1)Lud, and ^(C1)Put were in your army, your men of war. They hung up shield and helmet on you; they presented your splendor.

"The sons of Arvad and your army were on your walls, all around, and the ^(F1)Gammadim were in your towers. They hung their shields on your walls all around; they perfected your beauty.

"Tarshish was your customer because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth; with silver, iron, tin, and lead they paid for your merchandise.

"^(C1)Javan, ^(C1)Tubal, and ^(C2)Meshech, they were your traders; with human ^(C3)lives and vessels of bronze they paid for your merchandise.

"Those from ^(C1)Beth-togarmah gave horses, war horses, and mules for your merchandise.

"The sons of ^(C1)Dedan were your traders. Many coastlands were ^(F1)your market; they brought ^(C2)ivory tusks and ebony as your payment.

"^(C1)Aram was your customer because of the abundance of your ^(F1)goods; they paid for your merchandise with ^(F2)(C2)emeralds, purple, ^(C3)colorfully woven cloth, fine linen, coral, and rubies.

"Judah and the land of Israel, they were your traders; with the wheat of ^(C1)Minnith, ^(F1)cakes, honey, oil, and balsam they paid for your merchandise.

"^(C1)Damascus was your customer because of the abundance of your ^(F1)goods, because of the abundance of all kinds of wealth, because of the wine of Helbon and white wool.

"Vedan and Javan paid for your merchandise from Uzal; wrought iron, cassia, and spice reed were among your merchandise.

"^(C1)Dedan traded with you in saddlecloths for riding.

"^(C1)Arabia and all the princes of Kedar, they were ^(F1)your customers for ^(C2)lambs, rams, and goats; for these they were your customers.

"The traders of ^(C1)Sheba and Raamah, they traded with you; they paid for your merchandise with the best of all ^(C2)balsam oil, and with all kinds of precious stones, and gold.

"Haran, Canneh, ^(C1)Eden, the traders of Sheba, Asshur, and Chilmad traded with you.

"They traded with you in choice garments, in clothes of violet and colorfully woven cloth, and in blankets of two colors, and tightly wound cords, which were among your merchandise.

"The ^(C1)ships of Tarshish were ^(F1)the carriers for your merchandise. And you were filled and were very ^(F2)glorious In the heart of the seas.

"Your rowers have brought you Into ^(C1)great waters; The ^(C2)east wind has broken you In the heart of the seas.

-"Your wealth, your wares, your merchandise, Your seamen and your sailors, Your repairers of leaks, your dealers in merchandise, And all your men of war who are in you, With all your contingent that is in your midst, Will fall into the heart of the seas On the day of your overthrow.

-"At the sound of the cry of your sailors, The pasture lands will ^(C1)shake.

-"All who handle the oar, The ^(C1)seamen and all the sailors of the sea Will come down from their ships; They will stand on the land,

And they will ^(C1)make their voice heard over you And cry out bitterly. They will ^(C2)throw dust on their heads, They will ^(C3)wallow in ashes.

-"Also they will shave themselves ^(C1)bald for you And ^(C2)put on sackcloth; And they will ^(C3)weep for you in bitterness of soul With bitter mourning.

-"Moreover, in their wailing they will take up a ^(C1)song of mourning for you And sing a song of mourning over you: 'Who is like Tyre, Like her who is silent in the midst of the sea?

-'When your merchandise went out from the seas, You satisfied many peoples; With the ^(C1)abundance of your wealth and your merchandise You enriched the kings of the earth.

-'^(F1)Now that you are ^(C1)broken by the seas In the depths of the waters, Your ^(C2)merchandise and all your company Have fallen in the midst of you.

-'All the ^(C1)inhabitants of the coastlands Are appalled at you, And their kings are horribly afraid; They ^(F1)have a troubled look.

-'The merchants among the peoples ^(C1)hiss at you; You have become ^(F1)terrified And you ^(C2)will cease to be forever.'"'"

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

"Son of man, say to the ^(F1)leader of Tyre, 'The Lord ^(F2)GOD says this: "Because your heart is haughty And you have said, '^(C1)I am a god, I sit in the seat of ^(F3)gods In the heart of the seas'; Yet you are a ^(C2)mortal and not God, Although you make your heart like the heart of God—

Behold, you are wiser than ^(C1)Daniel; There is no secret that is a match for you!

-"By your wisdom and understanding You have acquired ^(C1)riches for yourself And have acquired gold and silver for your treasuries.

-"By your great wisdom, by your ^(C1)trade You have increased your riches, And your ^(C2)heart is haughty because of your riches—

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Because you have ^(C1)made your heart Like the heart of God,

Therefore, behold, I am going to bring ^(C1)strangers against you, The ^(C2)most ruthless of the nations. And they will draw their swords Against the beauty of your wisdom And profane your splendor.

-'They will bring you down to the pit, And you will die the ^(C1)death of those who are killed In the heart of the seas.

-'Will you still say, "I am a god," In the presence of one who kills you, Though you are a mortal and not God, In the hands of those who wound you?

-'You will die the death of the ^(C1)uncircumcised By the hand of strangers, For I have spoken!' declares the Lord GOD!"'"

Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)take up a song of mourning over the king of Tyre and say to him, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "You ^(F1)had the seal of ^(F2)perfection, Full of wisdom and perfect in beauty.

-"You were in ^(C1)Eden, the garden of God; ^(C2)Every precious stone was your covering: The ^(C3)ruby, the topaz and the diamond; The beryl, the onyx and the jasper; The lapis lazuli, the turquoise and the emerald; And the gold, the workmanship of your ^(F1)(C4)settings and ^(F2)sockets, Was in you. On the day that you were created They were prepared.

-"You were the ^(C1)anointed cherub who ^(F1)covers, And I placed you there. You were on the holy ^(C2)mountain of God; You walked in the midst of the ^(C3)stones of fire.

-"You were ^(C1)blameless in your ways From the day you were created Until ^(C2)unrighteousness was found in you.

-"By the ^(C1)abundance of your trade ^(F1)You were internally ^(C2)filled with violence, And you sinned; Therefore I have cast you as profane From the mountain of God. And I have destroyed you, you ^(F2)covering cherub, From the midst of the stones of fire.

-"Your heart was haughty because of your ^(C1)beauty; You ^(C2)corrupted your wisdom by reason of your splendor. I threw you to the ground; I put you before ^(C3)kings, That they may see you.

-"By the multitude of your wrongdoings, In the unrighteousness of your trade You profaned your sanctuaries. Therefore I have brought ^(C1)fire from the midst of you; It has consumed you, And I have turned you to ^(C2)ashes on the earth In the eyes of all who see you.

-"All who know you among the peoples Are appalled at you; You have become ^(F1)(C1)terrified And you will cease to be ^(C2)forever."'"

And the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)set your face toward ^(C2)Sidon, prophesy against her

and say, 'This is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Sidon, And I will appear in My glory in your midst. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I ^(C1)execute judgments against her, And I will reveal Myself as holy in her.

-"For ^(C1)I will send a plague to her And blood to her streets, And the ^(C2)wounded will ^(F1)fall in her midst By the sword upon her on every side; Then they will know that I am the LORD.

"And there will no longer be for the house of Israel a ^(C1)painful thorn or a hurtful thorn bush from any surrounding them who despised them; then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "When I ^(C1)gather the house of Israel from the peoples among whom they are scattered, and show Myself holy among them in the sight of the nations, then they will ^(C2)live on their land which I gave to My servant Jacob.

"They will ^(C1)live on it securely; and they will ^(C2)build houses, plant vineyards, and live securely when I ^(C3)execute judgments upon all around them who despise them. Then they will know that I am the LORD their God."'"

In the ^(C1)tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, set your face against ^(C1)Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all ^(C2)Egypt.

"Speak and say, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, The great ^(F2)(C1)monster that lies in the midst of his ^(F3)canals, That ^(C2)has said, 'My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.'

-"I will put ^(C1)hooks in your jaws And make the fish of your ^(F1)canals cling to your scales. And I will bring you up out of the midst of your ^(F1)canals, And all the fish of your ^(F1)canals will cling to your scales.

-"I will ^(C1)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your ^(F1)canals; You will fall on the ^(F2)open field; you will not be brought together or ^(F3)(C2)gathered. I have given you for ^(C3)food to the animals of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

-"Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, Because they have been only a ^(C1)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.

-"When they took hold of you with the hand, You ^(C1)broke and tore all their ^(F1)hands; And when they leaned on you, You broke and made all their hips ^(F2)shake."

'Therefore the Lord GOD says this: "Behold, I am going to ^(C1)bring upon you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal life.

"The ^(C1)land of Egypt will become a desolation and place of ruins. Then they will know that I am the LORD. "Because ^(F1)you ^(C2)said, 'The Nile is mine, and I have made it,'

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therefore, behold, I am ^(C1)against you and against your ^(F1)canals, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene and as far as the border of ^(F2)Cush.

"A human foot will ^(C1)not pass through it, nor will the foot of an animal pass through it, and it will not be inhabited for forty years.

"So I will make the land of Egypt a desolation in the ^(C1)midst of deserted lands. And her cities, in the midst of cities that are laid waste, will be desolate for forty years; and I will ^(C2)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands."

'For this is what the Lord GOD says: "At the end of forty years I will ^(C1)gather the Egyptians from the peoples ^(F1)among whom they were scattered.

"And I will restore the fortunes of Egypt and bring them back to the land of ^(C1)Pathros, to the land of their origin, and there they will be a lowly kingdom.

"It will be the ^(C1)lowest of the kingdoms, and it will not raise itself above the nations again. And I will make them small so that they will not ^(C2)rule over the nations.

"And it will no longer be a kingdom on which ^(C1)the house of Israel relies, ^(F1)(C2)bringing to mind the guilt of their having turned ^(F2)to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord GOD."'"

Now in the ^(C1)twenty-seventh year, in the first month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made his army labor ^(F1)hard against Tyre; every head ^(F2)had a ^(C2)bald spot and every shoulder was rubbed raw. But he and his army acquired no wages from Tyre for the labor that he had ^(F3)performed against it."

Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: "Behold, I am going to ^(C1)give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. And he will carry off her ^(C2)wealth and capture her spoils and seize her plunder; and it will be wages for his army.

"I have given him the land of Egypt for his labor which he ^(F1)(C1)performed, because they acted for Me," declares the Lord GOD.

"On that day I will make a ^(C1)horn sprout for the house of Israel, and I will ^(F1)(C2)open your mouth among them. Then they will know that I am the LORD."

The word of the LORD came again to me, saying,

"Son of man, prophesy and say, 'This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "^(C1)Wail, 'Woe for the day!'

-"For the day is near, Indeed, ^(C1)the day of the LORD is near; It will be a day of ^(C2)clouds, A time of doom for the nations.

-"A sword will come upon Egypt, And there will be trembling in ^(F1)Cush; When the slain fall in Egypt, They will ^(C1)take away her ^(F2)wealth, And her foundations will be torn down.

"^(F1)Cush, Put, Lud, all ^(F2)(C1)Arabia, ^(F3)Libya and the ^(F4)people of the land ^(F5)that is in league will fall with them by the sword."

'This is what the LORD says: "Indeed, those who support ^(C1)Egypt will fall And the pride of her power will come down; From Migdol to Syene They will fall within her by the sword," Declares the Lord GOD.

"They will be desolate In the ^(C1)midst of the desolated lands; And her cities will be In the midst of the devastated cities.

-"And they will ^(C1)know that I am the LORD, When I set a ^(C2)fire in Egypt And all her helpers are broken.

"On that day ^(C1)messengers will go out from Me in ships to frighten ^(C2)carefree ^(F1)Cush; and ^(C3)trembling will come on them as on the day of Egypt; for behold, it is coming!"

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "^(C1)I will also make the ^(F1)hordes of Egypt cease By the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

-"He and his people with him, ^(C1)The most ruthless of the nations, Will be brought in to destroy the land; And they will draw their swords against Egypt And fill the land with the slain.

-"Moreover, I will make the ^(C1)Nile canals dry And ^(C2)sell the land into the hands of evil men. And I will make the land desolate And ^(F1)all that is in it, By the hand of strangers; I the LORD have spoken."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "I will also ^(C1)destroy the idols And make the ^(F1)images cease from ^(F2)(C2)Memphis. And there will no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; And I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

-"I will make ^(C1)Pathros desolate, Set a fire in ^(C2)Zoan And execute judgments on ^(F1)(C3)Thebes.

-"I will pour out My wrath on ^(F1)Sin, The stronghold of Egypt; I will also eliminate the hordes of ^(F2)Thebes.

-"I will set a fire in Egypt; ^(F1)Sin will writhe in anguish, ^(F2)Thebes will be breached And ^(F3)Memphis will have ^(F4)distresses daily.

-"The young men of ^(F1)(C1)On and of Pi-beseth Will fall by the sword, And ^(F2)the women will go into captivity.

-"In ^(C1)Tehaphnehes the day will ^(F1)be ^(C2)dark When I ^(C3)break there the yoke bars of Egypt. Then the pride of her power will cease in her; A cloud will cover her, And her daughters will go into captivity.

-"So I will ^(C1)execute judgments on Egypt, And they will know that I am the LORD."'"

In the ^(C1)eleventh year, in the first month, on the seventh of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, I have ^(C1)broken the arm of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and, behold, it has not been ^(C2)bound up ^(F1)for healing ^(F2)or wrapped with a bandage, so that it may be strong to wield the sword.

"Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: 'Behold, I am ^(C1)against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and I will break his arms, both the strong and the ^(C2)broken; and I will make the sword ^(C3)fall from his hand.

'And I will ^(C1)scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands.

'For I will ^(C1)strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon and put ^(C2)My sword in his hand; and I will break the arms of Pharaoh, so that he will groan before him with the groans of a wounded man.

'So I will strengthen the arms of the king of Babylon, but the arms of Pharaoh will fail. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I put My sword into the hand of the king of Babylon and he ^(C1)reaches out with it against the land of Egypt.

'When I scatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them among the lands, then they will know that I am the LORD.'"

In the ^(C1)eleventh year, in the third month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, say to Pharaoh king of Egypt and to his ^(C1)hordes, 'Whom are you like in your greatness?

-'Behold, Assyria was a ^(C1)cedar in Lebanon With beautiful branches and forest shade, And ^(F1)(C2)very high, And its top was among the ^(F2)clouds.

-'The ^(C1)waters made it grow, the ^(F1)deep made it high. With its rivers it continually ^(F2)extended all around its planting place, And sent out its channels to all the trees of the field.

-'Therefore ^(C1)its height was loftier than all the trees of the field And its boughs became many and its branches long Because of ^(C2)many waters ^(F1)as it spread them out.

-'All the ^(C1)birds of the sky nested in its twigs, And under its branches all the animals of the field gave birth, And all great nations lived under its shade.

-'So it was beautiful in its greatness, in the length of its branches; For its ^(F1)roots extended to many waters.

-'The ^(C1)cedars in ^(C2)God's garden ^(F1)could not match it; The junipers ^(F1)could not compare with its branches, And the plane trees ^(F2)could not match its branches. No tree in ^(C2)God's garden ^(F1)could compare with it in its beauty.

-'I made it beautiful with the multitude of its branches, And all the trees of ^(C1)Eden, which were in the ^(C1)garden of God, were jealous of it.

'Therefore this is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "Because ^(F2)it is tall in stature and has put its top among the ^(F3)clouds, and its ^(C1)heart is haughty in its loftiness,

I will hand it over to a ^(F1)(C1)ruler of the nations; he will thoroughly deal with it. In accordance with its wickedness I have ^(C2)driven it out.

"^(C1)Foreign ^(C2)tyrants of the nations have cut it down and left it; on the ^(C3)mountains and in all the valleys its branches have fallen, and its branches have been broken in all the ravines of the land. And all the peoples of the earth have ^(C4)gone down from its shade and left it.

"All the ^(C1)birds of the sky will nest on its fallen trunk, and all the animals of the field will ^(F1)rest on its fallen branches,

so that all the trees by the waters will not be exalted in their stature, nor put their tops among the ^(F1)clouds, nor will any of their ^(F2)well-watered mighty ones stand straight in their height. For they have all been turned over to death, to the ^(C1)earth beneath, among ^(F3)mankind, ^(F4)with those who go down to the pit."

'This is what the Lord GOD says: "On the day when it went down to Sheol I ^(C1)caused mourning; I closed the ^(F1)deep over it and held back its rivers. And its many waters were stopped up, and I made Lebanon mourn for it, and all the trees of the field wilted away on account of it.

"I made the nations ^(C1)quake from the sound of its fall when I made it ^(C2)go down to Sheol with those who go down to the pit; and all the ^(F1)well-watered trees of Eden, the choicest and best of ^(C3)Lebanon, were ^(C4)comforted in the earth beneath.

"They also ^(C1)went down with it to Sheol to those who were ^(C2)slain by the sword; and those who were its ^(F1)strength lived ^(C3)in its shade among the nations.

"To which among the trees of Eden are you so alike in glory and greatness? Yet you will be brought down with the trees of Eden to the earth beneath; you will lie in the midst of the ^(C1)uncircumcised with those who were killed by the sword. ^(C2)This is Pharaoh and all his hordes!"' declares the Lord GOD."

In the ^(C1)twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the first of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, take up a ^(C1)song of mourning over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and say to him, 'You ^(F1)compared yourself to a young ^(C2)lion of the nations, Yet you are like the ^(C3)monster in the seas; And you ^(C4)burst forth in your rivers And muddied the waters with your feet And ^(F2)fouled their rivers.'"

This is what the Lord ^(F1)GOD says: "Now I will ^(C1)spread My net over you With a contingent of many peoples, And they will lift you up in My net.

-"I will leave you on the land; I will hurl you on the ^(F1)open field. And I will cause all the ^(C1)birds of the sky to ^(F2)nest on you, And I will satisfy the animals of the whole earth ^(F3)with you.

-"I will lay your flesh ^(C1)on the mountains And fill the valleys with your refuse.

-"I will also make the land drink the discharge of your ^(C1)blood As far as the mountains, And the ravines will be full of you.

-"And when I ^(C1)extinguish you, I will ^(C2)cover the heavens and darken their ^(C3)stars; I will cover the ^(C4)sun with a cloud And the moon will not give its light.

-"All the shining ^(C1)lights in the heavens I will darken over you And will set darkness on your land," Declares the Lord GOD.

"I will also ^(C1)trouble the hearts of many peoples when I ^(C2)bring your destruction among the nations, into lands which you have not known.

"And I will make many peoples ^(C1)appalled at you, and their kings will be horribly afraid of you when I brandish My sword before them; and ^(C2)they will tremble again and again, every person for his own life, on the day of your fall."

For ^(C1)the Lord GOD says ^(C1)this: "The sword of the king of Babylon will ^(F1)attack you.

"By the swords of the warriors I will make your multitude fall; all of them are ^(C1)tyrants of the nations, And they will ^(C2)devastate the pride of Egypt, And all its multitude will be destroyed.

-"I will also eliminate all its cattle from beside many waters; And ^(C1)a human foot will not muddy them anymore, And the hoofs of animals will not muddy them.

-"Then I will make their waters settle, And make their rivers run like oil," Declares the Lord GOD.

"When I make the land of Egypt a ^(C1)desolation, And the land is destitute of that which filled it, When I strike all those who live in it, Then they shall ^(C2)know that I am the LORD.

"This is a ^(C1)song of mourning, and they shall sing it. The daughters of the nations shall sing it. Over Egypt and over all her hordes they shall sing it," declares the Lord GOD.

In the ^(C1)twelfth year, on the ^(C1)fifteenth of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,

"Son of man, ^(C1)lament for the hordes of Egypt and ^(C2)bring it down, her and the daughters of the mighty nations, to the ^(C3)netherworld, with those who go down to the pit;

'Whom do you surpass in beauty? Go down and make your bed with the ^(C1)uncircumcised.'

"They shall fall in the midst of those who are killed by the sword. ^(F1)She is turned over to the sword; they have ^(C1)dragged her and all her hordes away.

"The ^(C1)strong among the mighty ones shall speak of him and his helpers from the midst of Sheol: 'They have gone down, they lie still, the uncircumcised, killed by the sword.'

"^(C1)Assyria is there and all her company; ^(F1)her graves are all around ^(F2)her. All of them killed, fallen by the sword,

whose ^(C1)graves are set in the remotest parts of the pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them killed, fallen by the sword, who ^(F1)spread terror in the land of the living.

"^(C1)Elam is there and all her hordes around her grave; all of them killed, fallen by the sword, who went down uncircumcised to the ^(C2)lower parts of the earth, who inflicted their terror on the ^(C3)land of the living, and ^(C4)bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

"They have made a ^(C1)bed for her among the slain with all her hordes. Her graves are around it, they are all uncircumcised, killed by the sword (although their terror was ^(F1)inflicted on the land of the living), and they bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit; ^(F2)they were put in the midst of the slain.

"^(C1)Meshech, ^(C2)Tubal, and all their hordes are there; their graves ^(F1)surround them. All of them were killed by the sword ^(C3)uncircumcised, though they inflicted their terror on the land of the living.

"^(C1)Nor do they lie beside the fallen ^(F1)(C2)heroes of the uncircumcised, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war and whose swords were placed under their heads; but the punishment for their ^(C3)wrongdoing rested on their bones, though the terror of these ^(F1)heroes was once in the land of the living.

"But in the midst of the uncircumcised you will be broken and lie with those killed by the sword.

"There also is ^(C1)Edom, its kings and all its ^(F1)princes, who ^(F2)despite all their might are laid with those killed by the sword; they will lie with the uncircumcised and with those who go down to the pit.

"There also are the ^(F1)chiefs of the ^(C1)north, all of them, and all the ^(C2)Sidonians, who in spite of the terror resulting from their might, in shame went down with the slain. So they lay down uncircumcised with those killed by the sword and bore their disgrace with those who go down to the pit.

"These Pharaoh will see, and he will ^(C1)find consolation regarding all his hordes killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his army," declares the Lord GOD.

"Though I inflicted the terror of him on the land of the living, yet he will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised along with those killed by the sword, Pharaoh and all his hordes," declares the Lord GOD.