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1. It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 , in the twelfth H8147 H6240 month H2320 , in the first H259 day of the month H2320 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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2. "Human, sing a funeral song about the king of Egypt. Say to him: 'You are like a young lion among the nations. You are like a crocodile in the seas. You splash around in your streams and stir up the water with your feet, making the rivers muddy.
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2. Son H1121 of man H120 , take up H5375 a lamentation H7015 for H5921 Pharaoh H6547 king H4428 of Egypt H4714 , and say H559 unto H413 him , Thou art like H1819 a young lion H3715 of the nations H1471 , and thou H859 art as a whale H8577 in the seas H3220 : and thou camest forth H1518 with thy rivers H5104 , and troubledst H1804 the waters H4325 with thy feet H7272 , and fouledst H7511 their rivers H5104 .
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3. "'This is what the Lord God says: I will spread my net over you, and I will use a large group of people to pull you up in my net.
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3. Thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; I will therefore spread out H6566 H853 my net H7568 over H5921 thee with a company H6951 of many H7227 people H5971 ; and they shall bring thee up H5927 in my net H2764 .
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4. Then I will throw you on the land dropping you onto the ground. I will let the birds of the sky rest on you and all the animals of the earth eat you until they are full.
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4. Then will I leave H5203 thee upon the land H776 , I will cast thee forth H2904 upon H5921 the open H6440 field H7704 , and will cause all H3605 the fowls H5775 of the heaven H8064 to remain H7931 upon H5921 thee , and I will fill H7646 the beasts H2416 of the whole H3605 earth H776 with H4480 thee.
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5. I will scatter your flesh on the mountains and fill the valleys with what is left of you.
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5. And I will lay H5414 H853 thy flesh H1320 upon H5921 the mountains H2022 , and fill H4390 the valleys H1516 with thy height H7419 .
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6. I will drench the land with your flowing blood as far as the mountains, and the ravines will be full of your flesh.
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6. I will also water H8248 with thy blood H4480 H1818 the land H776 wherein thou swimmest H6824 , even to H413 the mountains H2022 ; and the rivers H650 shall be full H4390 of H4480 thee.
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7. When I make you disappear, I will cover the sky and make the stars dark. I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon will not shine.
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7. And when I shall put thee out H3518 , I will cover H3680 the heaven H8064 , and make the stars thereof dark H6937 H853 H3556 ; I will cover H3680 the sun H8121 with a cloud H6051 , and the moon H3394 shall not H3808 give H215 her light H216 .
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8. I will make all the shining lights in the sky become dark over you; I will bring darkness over your land, says the Lord God.
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8. All H3605 the bright H216 lights H3974 of heaven H8064 will I make dark H6937 over H5921 thee , and set H5414 darkness H2822 upon H5921 thy land H776 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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9. I will cause many people to be afraid when I bring you as a captive into other nations, to lands you have not known.
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9. I will also vex H3707 the hearts H3820 of many H7227 people H5971 , when I shall bring H935 thy destruction H7667 among the nations H1471 , into H5921 the countries H776 which H834 thou hast not H3808 known H3045 .
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10. I will cause many people to be shocked about you. Their kings will tremble with fear because of you when I swing my sword in front of them. They will shake every moment on the day you fall; each king will be afraid for his own life.
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10. Yea , I will make many people amazed H8074 H5971 H7227 at H5921 thee , and their kings H4428 shall be horribly afraid H8175 H8178 for H5921 thee , when I shall brandish H5774 my sword H2719 before H5921 H6440 them ; and they shall tremble H2729 at every moment H7281 , every man H376 for his own life H5315 , in the day H3117 of thy fall H4658 .
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11. "'So this is what the Lord God says: will attack you.
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11. For H3588 thus H3541 saith H559 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 ; The sword H2719 of the king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall come upon H935 thee.
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12. I will cause your people to fall by the swords of mighty soldiers, the most terrible in the world. and all its people.
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12. By the swords H2719 of the mighty H1368 will I cause thy multitude H1995 to fall H5307 , the terrible H6184 of the nations H1471 , all H3605 of them : and they shall spoil H7703 H853 the pomp H1347 of Egypt H4714 , and all H3605 the multitude H1995 thereof shall be destroyed H8045 .
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13. I will also destroy all Egypt's cattle which live alongside much water. The foot of a human will not stir the water, and the hoofs of cattle will not muddy it anymore.
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13. I will destroy H6 also H853 all H3605 the beasts H929 thereof from beside H4480 H5921 the great H7227 waters H4325 ; neither H3808 shall the foot H7272 of man H120 trouble H1804 them any more H5750 , nor H3808 the hooves H6541 of beasts H929 trouble H1804 them.
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14. So I will let the Egyptians' water become clear. I will cause their rivers to run as smoothly as olive oil, says the Lord God.
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14. Then H227 will I make their waters deep H8257 H4325 , and cause their rivers H5104 to run H1980 like oil H8081 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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15. When I make the land of Egypt empty and take everything that is in the land, when I destroy all those who live in Egypt, then they will know that I am the Lord.'
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15. When I shall make H5414 H853 the land H776 of Egypt H4714 desolate H8077 , and the country H776 shall be destitute H8074 of that whereof it was full H4480 H4393 , when I shall smite H5221 H853 all H3605 them that dwell H3427 therein , then shall they know H3045 that H3588 I H589 am the LORD H3068 .
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16. "This is the funeral song people will sing for Egypt. The women of the nations will sing it; they will sing a funeral song for Egypt and all its people, says the Lord God."
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16. This H1931 is the lamentation H7015 wherewith they shall lament H6969 her : the daughters H1323 of the nations H1471 shall lament H6969 her : they shall lament H6969 for her, even for H5921 Egypt H4714 , and for H5921 all H3605 her multitude H1995 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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17. It was in the twelfth year of our captivity, on the fifteenth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
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17. It came to pass H1961 also in the twelfth H8147 H6240 year H8141 , in the fifteenth H2568 H6240 day of the month H2320 , that the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 unto H413 me, saying H559 ,
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18. "Human, cry for the people of Egypt. Bring down Egypt, together with the women of the powerful nations; bring them down to the place of the dead below the earth to join those who go to the place of the dead.
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18. Son H1121 of man H120 , wail H5091 for H5921 the multitude H1995 of Egypt H4714 , and cast them down H3381 , even her , and the daughters H1323 of the famous H117 nations H1471 , unto H413 the nether parts H8482 of the earth H776 , with H854 them that go down H3381 into the pit H953 .
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19. Say to them: 'Are you more beautiful than others? Go lie down in death with those who are unclean.'
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19. Whom H4480 H4310 dost thou pass in beauty H5276 ? go down H3381 , and be thou laid H7901 with H854 the uncircumcised H6189 .
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20. The Egyptians will fall among those killed in war. The sword is ready; the enemy will drag Egypt and all her people away.
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20. They shall fall H5307 in the midst H8432 of them that are slain H2491 by the sword H2719 : she is delivered H5414 to the sword H2719 : draw H4900 her and all H3605 her multitudes H1995 .
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21. From the place of the dead the leaders of the mighty ones will speak about the king of Egypt and the nations which help him: 'The unclean, those killed in war, have come down here and lie dead.'
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21. The strong H410 among the mighty H1368 shall speak H1696 to him out of the midst H4480 H8432 of hell H7585 with H854 them that help H5826 him : they are gone down H3381 , they lie H7901 uncircumcised H6189 , slain H2491 by the sword H2719 .
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22. "Assyria and all its army lie dead there. The graves of their soldiers are all around. All were killed in war,
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22. Asshur H804 is there H8033 and all H3605 her company H6951 : his graves H6913 are about H5439 him: all H3605 of them slain H2491 , fallen H5307 by the sword H2719 :
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23. and their graves were put in the deepest parts of the place of the dead. Assyria's army lies around its grave. When they lived on earth, they frightened people, but now all of them have been killed in war.
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23. Whose H834 graves H6913 are set H5414 in the sides H3411 of the pit H953 , and her company H6951 is H1961 round about H5439 her grave H6900 : all H3605 of them slain H2491 , fallen H5307 by the sword H2719 , which H834 caused H5414 terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 .
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24. "The nation of Elam is there with all its army around its grave. All of them were killed in war. They had frightened people on earth and were unclean, so they went down to the lowest parts of the place of the dead. They must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead.
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24. There H8033 is Elam H5867 and all H3605 her multitude H1995 round about H5439 her grave H6900 , all H3605 of them slain H2491 , fallen H5307 by the sword H2719 , which H834 are gone down H3381 uncircumcised H6189 into H413 the nether parts H8482 of the earth H776 , which H834 caused H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 ; yet have they borne H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 .
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25. A bed has been made for Elam with all those killed in war. The graves of her soldiers are all around her. All Elam's people are unclean, killed in war. They frightened people when they lived on earth, but now they must carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead. Their graves are with the rest who were killed.
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25. They have set H5414 her a bed H4904 in the midst H8432 of the slain H2491 with all H3605 her multitude H1995 : her graves H6913 are round about H5439 him: all H3605 of them uncircumcised H6189 , slain H2491 by the sword H2719 : though H3588 their terror H2851 was caused H5414 in the land H776 of the living H2416 , yet have they borne H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 : he is put H5414 in the midst H8432 of them that be slain H2491 .
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26. "Meshech and Tubal are there with the graves of all their soldiers around them. All of them are unclean and have been killed in war. They also frightened people when they lived on earth.
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26. There H8033 is Meshech H4902 , Tubal H8422 , and all H3605 her multitude H1995 : her graves H6913 are round about H5439 him: all H3605 of them uncircumcised H6189 , slain H2490 by the sword H2719 , though H3588 they caused H5414 their terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 .
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27. But they are not buried with the other soldiers who were killed in battle long ago, those who went with their weapons of war to the place of the dead. These soldiers had their swords laid under their heads and their shields on their bodies. These mighty soldiers used to frighten people when they lived on earth.
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27. And they shall not H3808 lie H7901 with H854 the mighty H1368 that are fallen H5307 of the uncircumcised H4480 H6189 , which H834 are gone down H3381 to hell H7585 with their weapons H3627 of war H4421 : and they have laid H5414 H853 their swords H2719 under H8478 their heads H7218 , but their iniquities H5771 shall be H1961 upon H5921 their bones H6106 , though H3588 they were the terror H2851 of the mighty H1368 in the land H776 of the living H2416 .
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28. "You, king of Egypt, will be broken and lie among those who are unclean, who were killed in war.
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28. Yea, thou H859 shalt be broken H7665 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 , and shalt lie H7901 with H854 them that are slain H2491 with the sword H2719 .
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29. "Edom is there also, with its kings and all its leaders. They were mighty, but now they lie in death with those killed in war, with those who are unclean, with those who have gone down to the place of the dead.
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29. There H8033 is Edom H123 , her kings H4428 , and all H3605 her princes H5387 , which H834 with their might H1369 are laid H5414 by H854 them that were slain H2491 by the sword H2719 : they H1992 shall lie H7901 with H854 the uncircumcised H6189 , and with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 .
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30. "All the rulers 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, lying with those killed in war. They carry their shame with those who have gone down to the place of the dead.
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30. There H8033 be the princes H5257 of the north H6828 , all H3605 of them , and all H3605 the Zidonians H6722 , which H834 are gone down H3381 with H854 the slain H2491 ; with their terror H2851 they are ashamed H954 of their might H4480 H1369 ; and they lie H7901 uncircumcised H6189 with H854 them that be slain H2491 by the sword H2719 , and bear H5375 their shame H3639 with H854 them that go down H3381 to the pit H953 .
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31. "The king of Egypt and his army will see these who have been killed in war. Then he will be comforted for all his soldiers killed in war, says the Lord God.
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31. Pharaoh H6547 shall see H7200 them , and shall be comforted H5162 over H5921 all H3605 his multitude H1995 , even Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his army H2428 slain H2491 by the sword H2719 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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32. I made people afraid of the king of Egypt while he lived on earth. But he and all his people will lie among those who are unclean, who were killed in war, says the Lord God."
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32. For H3588 I have caused H5414 H853 my terror H2851 in the land H776 of the living H2416 : and he shall be laid H7901 in the midst H8432 of the uncircumcised H6189 with H854 them that are slain H2491 with the sword H2719 , even Pharaoh H6547 and all H3605 his multitude H1995 , saith H5002 the Lord H136 GOD H3069 .
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