12 By the swords of the mighty I will cause your multitude to fall. They are all ruthless among the nations. They will devastate the pride of Egypt. All of its multitude will be annihilated.
13 I will destroy all the beasts from beside plentiful water. No human foot will muddy them again, nor will hoofs of beasts muddy them.
14 Then I will make their waters settle and make their streams flow like oil.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate and waste when it was previously full, when I strike all that live there, they will know that I am Adonai.
16 This is the funeral song —chant it, daughters of the nations, chant for Egypt. All her multitude will chant it.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
17 On the fifteenth day of the month in the twelfth year, the word of Adonai came to me saying:
18 “Son of man, wail over Egypt’s throng. Bring them down —her and the daughters of lofty nations, to the underworld, to those who go down to the pit.