1
In the
twelfth * year, in the
twelfth * month, on the
first of the
month, the
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
v,d{x r'f'[ -yen.viB h'n'v her.f,[ yeT.viB yih.y;w ? r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h v,d{x;l d'x,a.B
2
"Son of
man,
take up a
lamentation over Pharaoh king of
Egypt and
say to him, 'You
compared yourself to a
young lion of the
nations, Yet you are like the
monster in the
seas; And you
burst forth in your
rivers And
muddied the
waters with your
feet And
fouled their
rivers.' "
~Iy;r.cim -.k,l,m h{[.r;P -l;[ h'nyiq a'f ~'d'a -n,B ? h'T;a.w 'tyem.din ~Iyw{G ryip.K wy'lea 'T.r;m'a.w ? ~Iy;m -x;l.diT;w '$y,tw{r]h;n.B x;g'T;w ~yiM;Y;B ~yiN;T;K ? ~'tw{r]h;n s{P.riT;w '$y,l.g;r.B
3
Thus says the
Lord GOD, "Now I will
spread My
net over you With a
company of
many peoples, And they shall
lift you up in My
net.
yiT.vir -t,a '$y,l'[ yiT.f;r'p.W hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{K ? yim.r,x.B '$.Wl/[,h.w ~yiB;r ~yiM;[ l;h.qiB
4
"I will
leave you on the
land; I will
cast you on the
open field. And I will cause
all the
birds of the
heavens to
dwell on you, And I will
satisfy the
beasts of the
whole earth with you.
'$,lyij]a h,d'F;h yen.P -l;[ #,r'a'b '$yiT.v;j.n.W ? yiT.[;B.fih.w ~Iy;m'V;h @w{[ -l'K '$y,l'[ yiT.n;K.vih.w ? #,r'a'h -l'K t;Y;x '$.Mim
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"I will
lay your
flesh on the
mountains And
fill the
valleys with your
refuse.
yitaeLim.W ~yir'h,h -l;[ '$.r'f.B -t,a yiT;t'n.w ? '$,t.Wm'r tw{y'aeG;h
6
"I will also make the
land drink the
discharge of your
blood As
far as the
mountains, And the
ravines will be
full of you.
~yir'h,h -l,a '$.m'Dim '$.t'p'c #,r,a yityeq.vih.w ? 'K,Mim !.Wa.l'MIy ~yiqip]a;w
7
"And 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.
~,hyeb.k{K -t,a yiT.r;D.qih.w ~Iy;m'v '$.tw{B;k.b yityeSik.w ? w{rw{a ryia'y -a{l ;xer'y.w .WN,S;k]a !'n'[,B v,m,v
8
"All the
shining lights in the
heavens I will
darken over you And will
set darkness on your
land,"
Declares the
Lord GOD.
'$y,l'[ ~eryiD.q;a ~Iy;m'V;B rw{a yerw{a.m -l'K ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a ~Ua.n '$.c.r;a -l;[ .$,v{x yiT;t'n.w
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"I will also
trouble the
hearts of
many peoples when I
bring your
destruction among the
nations, into
lands which you have not
known.
'$.r.biv yiayib]h;B ~yiB;r ~yiM;[ bel yiT.s;[.kih.w ? ~'T.[;d.y -a{l r,v]a tw{c'r]a -l;[ ~Iyw{G;B
10
"I will
make many peoples appalled at you, and their
kings will be
horribly afraid of you when I
brandish My
sword before * them; and they will
tremble every
moment,
every man for his own
life, on the
day of your
fall."
~,hyek.l;m.W ~yiB;r ~yiM;[ '$y,l'[ yitw{Miv]h;w ? ~,hyen.P -l;[ yiB.r;x yip.pw{[.B r;[;f '$y,l'[ .Wr][.fIy ? '$,T.l;P;m ~w{y.B w{v.p;n.l vyia ~yi['g.ril .Wd.r'x.w
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For
thus says the
Lord GOD, "The
sword of the
king of
Babylon will
come upon you.
l,b'B -.k,l,m b,r,x hiwh.y y'n{d]a r;m'a h{K yiK ? '$,aw{b.T
12
"By the
swords of the
mighty ones I will cause your
hordes to
fall;
all of them are
tyrants of the
nations, And they will
devastate the
pride of
Egypt, And
all its
hordes will be
destroyed.
yecyir'[ '$,nw{m]h lyiP;a ~yirw{BiG tw{b.r;x.B ? d;m.vin.w ~Iy;r.cim !w{a.G -t,a .Wd.d'v.w ~'LUK ~Iyw{g ? H'nw{m]h -l'K
13
"I will also
destroy all its
cattle from
beside many waters; And the
foot of
man will not
muddy them
anymore And the
hoofs of
beasts will not
muddy them.
~yiB;r ~Iy;m l;[em H'T.m,h.B -l'K -t,a yiT.d;b]a;h.w ? h'meh.B tw{s.r;p.W dw{[ ~'d'a -l,g,r ~ex'l.dit a{l.w ? ~ex'l.dit a{l
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"Then I will make their
waters settle And will cause their
rivers to
run like
oil,"
Declares the
Lord GOD.
.$yilw{a !,m,V;K ~'tw{r]h;n.w ~,hyemyem ;[yiq.v;a z'a ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a ~Ua.n
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"When I
make the
land of
Egypt a
desolation, And the
land is
destitute of that
which filled it, When I
smite all those who
live in it, Then they shall
know that I am the
LORD.
#,r,a h'M;v.n.W h'm'm.v ~Iy;r.cim #,r,a -t,a yiTit.B ? .W[.d'y.w H'b yeb.vw{y -l'K -t,a yitw{K;h.B H'a{l.Mim ? h'wh.y yin]a -yiK
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"This is a
lamentation and they shall
chant it. The
daughters of the
nations shall
chant it.
Over Egypt and
over all her
hordes they shall
chant it,"
declares the
Lord GOD.
h'Nenw{q.T ~Iyw{G;h tw{n.B 'h.Wn.nw{q.w ayih h'nyiq ? h'Nenw{q.T H'nw{m]h -l'K -l;[.w ~Iy;r.cim -l;[ H'tw{a ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a ~Ua.n H'tw{a
17
In the
twelfth * year, on the
fifteenth * of the
month, the
word of the
LORD came to me
saying,
v,d{x;l r'f'[ h'Vim]x;B h'n'v her.f,[ yeT.viB yih.y;w ? r{mael y;lea h'wh.y -r;b.d h'y'h
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"Son of
man,
wail for the
hordes of
Egypt and
bring it
down, her and the
daughters of the
powerful nations, to the
nether world, with those who
go down to the
pit;
.Whedirw{h.w ~Iy;r.cim !w{m]h -l;[ heh.n ~'d'a -n,B ? tw{YiT.x;T #,r,a -l,a ~iriD;a ~Iyw{G tw{n.b.W H'tw{a ? rw{b yed.rw{y -t,a
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'Whom do you
surpass in
beauty?
Go down and
make your
bed with the
uncircumcised.'
~yiler][ -t,a h'b.K.v'h.w h'd.r 'T.m'['n yiMim
20
"They shall
fall in the
midst of those who are
slain by the
sword. She is
given over to the
sword; they have
drawn her and
all her
hordes away.
.Wk.v'm h'n'Tin b,r,x .Wl{PIy b,r,x -yel.l;x .$w{t.B ? 'hy,nw{m]h -l'k.w H'tw{a
21
"The
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,
slain by the
sword.'
.$w{Tim ~yirw{Big yelea w{l -.Wr.B;d.y ? b,r'x -yel.l;x ~yiler]['h .Wb.k'v .Wd.r'y wy'r.z{[ -t,a lw{a.v
22
"Assyria is
there and
all her
company; her
graves are
round about her.
All of them are
slain,
fallen by the
sword,
wy't{r.biq wy'tw{byib.s H'l'h.q -l'k.w r.WV;a ~'v ? b,r'x,B ~yil.p{N;h ~yil'l]x ~'LUK
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whose graves are
set in the
remotest parts of the
pit and her
company is
round about her
grave.
All of them are
slain,
fallen by the
sword,
who spread terror in the
land of the
living.
yih.y;w rw{b -yet.K.r;y.B 'hy,t{r.biq .Wn.Tin r,v]a ? ~yil.p{n ~yil'l]x ~'LUK H't'rUb.q tw{byib.s H'l'h.q ? ~yiY;x #,r,a.B tyiTix .Wn.t'n -r,v]a b,r,x;B
24
"Elam is
there and
all her
hordes around her
grave;
all of them
slain,
fallen by the
sword,
who went down uncircumcised to the
lower parts of the
earth,
who instilled their
terror in the
land of the
living and
bore their
disgrace with those who
went down to the
pit.
H't'rUb.q tw{byib.s H'nw{m]h -l'k.w ~'lye[ ~'v ? .Wd.r'y -r,v]a b,r,x;B ~yil.p{N;h ~yil'l]x ~'LUK ? ~'tyiTix .Wn.t'n r,v]a tw{YiT.x;T #,r,a -l,a ~yiler][ ? yed.rw{y -t,a ~'t'Mil.k .Wa.fiY;w ~yiY;x #,r,a.B ? rw{b
25
"They have
made a
bed for her
among the
slain with
all her
hordes. Her
graves are
around it, they are
all uncircumcised,
slain by the
sword (
although their
terror was
instilled in the
land of the
living ), and they
bore their
disgrace with those who
go down to the
pit; they were
put in the
midst of the
slain.
H'nw{m]h -l'k.B H'l b'K.vim .Wn.t'n ~yil'l]x .$w{t.B ? b,r,x -yel.l;x ~yiler][ ~'LUK 'h,t{r.biq wy'tw{byib.s ? ~'t'Mil.k .Wa.fiY;w ~yiY;x #,r,a.B ~'tyiTix !;Tin -yiK ? !'Tin ~yil'l]x .$w{t.B rw{b yed.rw{y -t,a
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"Meshech,
Tubal and
all their
hordes are
there; their
graves surround them.
All of them were
slain by the
sword uncircumcised,
though they
instilled their
terror in the
land of the
living.
wy'tw{byib.s H'nw{m]h -l'k.w l;bUT .$,v,m ~'v ? .Wn.t'n -yiK b,r,x yel.lUx.m ~yiler][ ~'LUK 'hy,tw{r.biq ? ~yiY;x #,r,a.B ~'tyiTix
27
"Nor do they
lie beside the
fallen heroes of the
uncircumcised,
who went down to
Sheol with their
weapons of
war and whose
swords were
laid under their
heads; but the
punishment for their
iniquity rested on their
bones,
though the
terror of these
heroes was once in the
land of the
living.
~yiler][em ~yil.p{n ~yirw{BiG -t,a .Wb.K.vIy a{l.w ? .Wn.TiY;w ~'T.m;x.lim -yel.kiB lw{a.v -.Wd.r'y r,v]a ? ~'t{n{w][ yih.T;w ~,hyeva'r t;x;T ~'tw{b.r;x -t,a ? #,r,a.B ~yirw{BiG tyiTix -yiK ~'tw{m.c;[ -l;[ ? ~yiY;x
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"But in the
midst of the
uncircumcised you will be
broken and
lie with those
slain by the
sword.
-yel.l;x -t,a b;K.vit.w r;b'ViT ~yiler][ .$w{t.B h'T;a.w ? b,r'x
29
"There also is
Edom, its
kings and
all its
princes,
who for all their
might are
laid with those
slain by the
sword; they will
lie with the
uncircumcised and with those who
go down to the
pit.
.Wn.Tin -r,v]a 'hy,ayif.n -l'k.w 'hy,k'l.m ~w{d/a h'M'v ? ~yiler][ -t,a h'Meh b,r'x -yel.l;x -t,a ~'t'r.Wb.gib ? rw{b yed.r{y -t,a.w .Wb'K.vIy
30
"There also are the
chiefs of the
north,
all of them, and
all the
Sidonians,
who in spite of the
terror resulting from their
might, in
shame went down with the
slain. So they
lay down uncircumcised with those
slain by the
sword and
bore their
disgrace with those who
go down to the
pit.
.Wd.r'y -r,v]a yin{dic -l'k.w ~'LUK !w{p'c yekyis.n h'M'v ? ~yivw{B ~'t'r.Wb.Gim ~'tyiTix.B ~yil'l]x -t,a ? .Wa.fiY;w b,r,x -yel.l;x -t,a ~yiler][ .Wb.K.viY;w ? rw{b yed.rw{y -t,a ~'t'Mil.k
31
"These
Pharaoh will
see, and he will be
comforted for
all his
hordes slain by the
sword, even
Pharaoh and
all his
army,"
declares the
Lord GOD.
h{nw{m]h -l'K -l;[ ~;xin.w h{[.r;p h,a.rIy ~'tw{a ? y'n{d]a ~Ua.n w{lyex -l'k.w h{[.r;P b,r,x -yel.l;x ? hiwh.y
32
"Though I
instilled a
terror of him in the
land of the
living, yet he will be made to
lie down among the
uncircumcised along with those
slain by the
sword, even
Pharaoh and
all his
hordes,"
declares the
Lord GOD.
b;K.vUh.w ~yiY;x #,r,a.B w{tyiTix -t,a yiT;t'n -yiK ? q]h{nw{m]h -l'k.w h{[.r;P b,r,x -yel.l;x -t,a ~yiler][ .$w{t.B ? hiwh.y y'n{d]a ~Ua.n