Ezekiel 32:17-32

In the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the twelfth month, YAHWEH spoke to me, saying, “Son of man, weep and mourn for the vast population of Egypt, and for the other mighty nations. For I will send them down to the world below with all who sink into the pit. “Tell them, ‘Egypt, are you more favored than the other nations? Down with you! Go down and make your bed with the uncircumcised dead, with those who have been slaughtered by the sword! I will hand you and all your people over to the sword, and they will drag you away. From the depths of Sheol, the mightiest heroes, your allies, will shout to you, “Now they have come down. They have joined us among the uncircumcised dead, slaughtered by the sword.” “ ‘Assyria is there with all her hordes, with the graves of her soldiers all around her. They fell on the battlefield, slaughtered by the sword. They made their graves in the deepest part of the pit. Her hordes surround her grave; they were all slaughtered! Those who once spread their terror throughout the world of the living now lie silent, slaughtered by the sword. “ ‘Elam is there, along with the graves of all her hordes. They were slaughtered—fallen by the sword. Those who once spread their terror throughout the land of the living have now joined the uncircumcised dead in the depths of the underworld. They have been disgraced and ashamed with those who sink into the pit. They have made a grave for her among her slaughtered multitudes, surrounded by all their tombs, all of them uncircumcised, slaughtered by the sword for having spread terror throughout the land of the living. They have carried their shame with them, with all those who sink into the pit. They have been placed among the slaughtered. “ ‘Meshech and Tubal are in the graveyard with their hordes all around their graves. They are all the uncircumcised dead, slaughtered by the sword for having spread their terror throughout the land of the living. They were not buried with the great warriors of ancient times. When the mighty warriors died, they went into Sheol wearing all their armor. When people buried them, they placed their swords under their heads and their shields on top of their bodies because these valiant heroes once terrorized the land of the living. And you, Pharaoh, will be broken and lie among the uncircumcised, with those slaughtered by the sword. “ ‘Edom is there, her kings and all her rulers, who, despite their might, have been buried with those slaughtered by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who sink into the pit. “ ‘All the princes of the north and all the Sidonians are there. They have gone down in disgrace with the slaughtered because their powerful armies once terrified their enemies. They lie among the uncircumcised dead, those slaughtered by the sword who bear their shame with those who sink into the pit. “ ‘When Pharaoh and all his army see them, it will bring him some consolation at the sight of all his hordes killed by the sword. I, YAHWEH, decree it! Although I made him spread terror throughout the land of the living, he and all his hordes will be buried with the uncircumcised dead who were slaughtered by the sword. I, Lord YAHWEH, have spoken.’ ”