Ezekiel 32:17–32

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

¹⁷In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:^{o 18}“Son of man, wail for the hordes of Egypt and consign^p to the earth below both her and the daughters of mighty nations, along with those who go down to the pit.^{q 19}Say to them, ‘Are you more favored than others? Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised.’^{r 20}They will fall among those killed by the sword. The sword is drawn; let her be dragged^s off with all her hordes.^{t 21}From within the realm of the dead^u the mighty leaders will say of Egypt and her allies, ‘They have come down and they lie with the uncircumcised,^v with those killed by the sword.’

²²“Assyria is there with her whole army; she is surrounded by the graves of all her slain, all who have fallen by the sword. ²³Their graves are in the depths of the pit^w and her army lies around her grave.^x All who had spread terror in the land of the living are slain, fallen by the sword.

²⁴“Elam^y is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.^z All who had spread terror in the land of the living^a went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.^{b 25}A bed is made for her among the slain, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are uncircumcised,^c killed by the sword. Because their terror had spread in the land of the living, they bear their shame with those who go down to the pit; they are laid among the slain.

²⁶“Meshek and Tubal^d are there, with all their hordes around their graves. All of them are uncircumcised, killed by the sword because they spread their terror in the land of the living. ²⁷But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,^be who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields^c resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

²⁸“You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

²⁹“Edom^f is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.^g

³⁰“All the princes of the north^h and all the Sidoniansⁱ are there; they went down with the slain in disgrace despite the terror caused by their power. They lie uncircumcised^j with those killed by the sword and bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.^k

³¹“Pharaoh—he and all his army—will see them and he will be consoled^l for all his hordes that were killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord. ³²Although I had him spread terror in the land of the living, Pharaoh^m and all his hordes will be laid among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword, declares the Sovereign Lord.”ⁿ