A Lament for Pharaoh King of Egypt 1 Brenton And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the tenth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying, BSB BSB: In the twelfth year, on the first day of the twelfth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
2 Brenton Son of man, take up a lamentation for Pharao king of Egypt, and say to him, Thou art become like a lion of the nations, and as the serpent that is in the sea: and thou didst make assaults with thy rivers, and didst disturb the water with thy feet, and didst trample thy rivers. BSB BSB: “Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’
3 Brenton Thus saith the Lord; I will also cast over thee the nets of many nations, and will bring thee up with my hook: BSB BSB: This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will spread My net over you with a company of many peoples, and they will draw you up in My net.
4 Brenton and I will stretch thee upon the earth: the fields shall be covered with thee , and I will cause all the birds of the sky to settle upon thee, and I will fill with thee all the wild beasts of the earth. BSB BSB: I will abandon you on the land and hurl you into the open field. I will cause all the birds of the air to settle upon you, and all the beasts of the earth to eat their fill of you.
5 Brenton And I will cast thy flesh upon the mountains, and will saturate them with thy blood. BSB BSB: I will put your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with your remains.
6 Brenton And the land shall be drenched with thy dung, because of thy multitude upon the mountains: I will fill the valleys with thee. BSB BSB: I will drench the land with the flow of your blood, all the way to the mountains—the ravines will be filled.
7 Brenton And I will veil the heavens when thou art extinguished, and will darken the stars thereof; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light. BSB BSB: When I extinguish you, I will cover the heavens and darken their stars. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not give its light.
8 Brenton All the bodies that give light in the sky, shall be darkened over thee, and I will bring darkness upon the earth, saith the Lord God. BSB BSB: All the shining lights in the heavens I will darken over you, and I will bring darkness upon your land,’ declares the Lord GOD.
9 Brenton And I will provoke to anger the heart of many people, when I shall lead thee captive among the nations, to a land which thou hast not known. BSB BSB: ‘I will trouble the hearts of many peoples, when I bring about your destruction among the nations, in countries you do not know.
10 Brenton And many nations shall mourn over thee, and their kings shall be utterly amazed, when my sword flies in their faces, as they wait for their own fall from the day of thy fall. BSB BSB: I will cause many peoples to be appalled over you, and their kings will shudder in horror because of you when I brandish My sword before them. On the day of your downfall each of them will tremble every moment for his life.’
11 Brenton For thus saith the Lord God; The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon thee, BSB BSB: For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
12 Brenton with the swords of mighty men; and I will cast down thy strength: they are all destroying ones from the nations, and they shall destroy the pride of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed. BSB BSB: I will make your hordes fall by the swords of the mighty, the most ruthless of all nations. They will ravage the pride of Egypt and all her multitudes will be destroyed.
13 Brenton And I will destroy all her cattle from beside the great water; and the foot of man shall not trouble it any more, and the step of cattle shall no more trample it. BSB BSB: I will slaughter all her cattle beside the abundant waters. No human foot will muddy them again, and no cattle hooves will disturb them.
14 Brenton Thus shall their waters then be at rest, and their rivers shall flow like oil, saith the Lord, BSB BSB: Then I will let her waters settle and will make her rivers flow like oil,’ declares the Lord GOD.
15 Brenton when I shall give up Egypt to destruction, and the land shall be made desolate with the fulness thereof; when I shall scatter all that dwell in it, and they shall know that I am the Lord. BSB BSB: ‘When I make the land of Egypt a desolation and empty it of all that filled it, when I strike down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.’
16 Brenton There is a lamentation, and thou shalt utter it; and the daughters of the nations shall utter it, even for Egypt, and they shall mourn for it over all the strength thereof, saith the Lord God. BSB BSB: This is the lament they will chant for her; the daughters of the nations will chant it. Over Egypt and all her multitudes they will chant it, declares the Lord GOD.”
Egypt Cast into the Pit 17 Brenton And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying, BSB BSB: In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18 Brenton Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, for the nations shall bring down her daughters dead to the depth of the earth, to them that go down to the pit. BSB BSB: “Son of man, wail for the multitudes of Egypt, and consign her and the daughters of the mighty nations to the depths of the earth with those who descend to the Pit:
20 Brenton They shall fall with him in the midst of them that are slain with the sword, and all his strength shall perish: the giants also shall say to thee, BSB BSB: They will fall among those slain by the sword. The sword is appointed! Let them drag her away along with all her multitudes.
21 Brenton Be thou in the depth of the pit: to whom art thou superior? yea, go down, and lie with the uncircumcised, in the midst of them that are slain with the sword. BSB BSB: Mighty chiefs will speak from the midst of Sheol about Egypt and her allies: ‘They have come down and lie with the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.’
22 Brenton There are Assur and all his company: all his slain have been laid there: BSB BSB: Assyria is there with her whole company; her graves are all around her. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.
23 Brenton and their burial is in the depth of the pit, and his company are set round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, who had caused the fear of them to be upon the land of the living. BSB BSB: Her graves are set in the depths of the Pit, and her company is all around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who once spread terror in the land of the living.
24 Brenton There is Ælam and all his host round about his tomb: all the slain that fell by the sword, and the uncircumcised that go down to the deep of the earth, who caused their fear to be upon the land of the living: and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit, BSB BSB: Elam is there with all her multitudes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword—those who went down uncircumcised to the earth below, who once spread their terror in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit.
25 Brenton in the midst of the slain. BSB BSB: Among the slain they prepare a resting place for Elam with all her hordes, with her graves all around her. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, although their terror was once spread in the land of the living. They bear their disgrace with those who descend to the Pit. They are placed among the slain.
26 Brenton There were laid Mosoch, and Thobel, and all his strength round about his tomb: all his slain men, all the uncircumcised, slain with the sword, who caused their fear to be in the land of the living. BSB BSB: Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
27 Brenton And they are laid with the giants that fell of old, who went down to Hades with their weapons of war: and they laid their swords under their heads, but their iniquities were upon their bones, because they terrified all men during their life. BSB BSB: They do not lie down with the fallen warriors of old, who went down to Sheol with their weapons of war, whose swords were placed under their heads, whose shields rested on their bones, although the terror of the mighty was once in the land of the living.
28 Brenton And thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised, with them that have been slain by the sword. BSB BSB: But you too will be shattered and lie down among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword.
29 Brenton There are laid the princes of Assur, who yielded their strength to a wound of the sword: these are laid with the slain, with them that go down to the pit. BSB BSB: Edom is there, and all her kings and princes, who despite their might are laid among those slain by the sword. They lie down with the uncircumcised, with those who descend to the Pit.
30 Brenton There are the princes of the north, even all the captains of Assur, who go down slain to Hades : they lie uncircumcised among the slain with the sword together with their terror and their strength, and they have received their punishment with them that go down to the pit. BSB BSB: All the leaders of the north and all the Sidonians are there; they went down in disgrace with the slain, despite the terror of their might. They lie uncircumcised with those slain by the sword and bear their shame with those who descend to the Pit.
31 Brenton King Pharao shall see them, and shall be comforted over all their force, saith the Lord God. BSB BSB: Pharaoh will see them and be comforted over all his multitude—Pharaoh and all his army, slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.
32 Brenton For I have caused his fear to be upon the land of the living: yet he shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that are slain with the sword, even Pharao, and all his multitude with him, saith the Lord God. BSB BSB: For I will spread My terror in the land of the living, so that Pharaoh and all his multitude will be laid to rest among the uncircumcised, with those slain by the sword, declares the Lord GOD.”