10 I will cause many peoples to be appalled at you,

and their kings will shudder with fear because of youe

when I brandish my sword in front of them.

On the day of your downfall

each of them will tremble

every momentf for his life.

11 “ ‘For this is what the Lord God says:

The sword of Babylon’s king

will come against you!

12 I will make your hordes fall

by the swords of warriors,

all of them ruthless men from the nations.g

They will ravage Egypt’s pride,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

13 I will slaughter all its cattle

that are beside many waters.

No human foot will churn them again,

and no cattle hooves will disturb them.h

14 Then I will let their waters settle

and will make their rivers flow like oil.

This is the declaration of the Lord God.

15 When I make the land of Egypt a desolation,

so that it is emptied of everything in it,

when I strike down all who live there,

then they will know that I am the Lord.i

16 “ ‘The daughters of the nations will chant that lament.j They will chant it over Egypt and all its hordes. This is the declaration of the Lord God.’ ”

EGYPT IN SHEOL

17 In the twelfth year,C on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: