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And it came to pass in the twelfth[H8147]year[H8141], in the twelfth[H6240]month[H2320], in the first[H259] day of the month[H2320], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
2Son[H1121] of man[H120], take up[H5375] a lamentation[H7015] for Pharaoh[H6547]king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714], and say[H559] unto him, Thou art like[H1819] a young lion[H3715] of the nations[H1471], and thou 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[H7515] their rivers[H5104].
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Thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; I will therefore spread out[H6566] my net[H7568] over 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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Then will I leave[H5203] thee upon the land[H776], I will cast thee forth[H2904] upon the open[H6440]field[H7704], and will cause all the fowls[H5775] of the heaven[H8064] to remain[H7931] upon thee, and I will fill[H7646] the beasts[H2416] of the whole earth[H776] with thee.
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And I will lay[H5414] thy flesh[H1320] upon the mountains[H2022], and fill[H4390] the valleys[H1516] with thy height[H7419].
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I will also water[H8248] with thy blood[H1818] the land[H776] wherein thou swimmest[H6824], even to the mountains[H2022]; and the rivers[H650] shall be full[H4390] of thee.
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And when I shall put thee out[H3518], I will cover[H3680] the heaven[H8064], and make[H6937] the stars[H3556] thereof dark[H6937]; I will cover[H3680] the sun[H8121] with a cloud[H6051], and the moon[H3394] shall not give[H215] her light[H216].
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All the bright[H3974]lights[H216] of heaven[H8064] will I make dark[H6937] over thee, and set[H5414]darkness[H2822] upon thy land[H776], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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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 the countries[H776] which thou hast not known[H3045].
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Yea, I will make many[H7227]people[H5971]amazed[H8074] at thee, and their kings[H4428] shall be horribly[H8178]afraid[H8175] for thee, when I shall brandish[H5774] my sword[H2719] before them[H6440]; 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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For thus saith[H559] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069]; The sword[H2719] of the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] shall come[H935] upon thee.
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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 of them: and they shall spoil[H7703] the pomp[H1347] of Egypt[H4714], and all the multitude[H1995] thereof shall be destroyed[H8045].
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I will destroy[H6] also all the beasts[H929] thereof from[H5921] beside the great[H7227]waters[H4325]; neither shall the foot[H7272] of man[H120]trouble[H1804] them any more, nor the hoofs[H6541] of beasts[H929]trouble[H1804] them.
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Then will I make their waters[H4325]deep[H8257], and cause their rivers[H5104] to run[H3212] like oil[H8081], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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When I shall make[H5414] the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]desolate[H8077], and the country[H776] shall be destitute[H8074] of that whereof it was full[H4393], when I shall smite[H5221] all them that dwell[H3427] therein, then shall they know[H3045] that I am the LORD[H3068].
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This 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 Egypt[H4714], and for all her multitude[H1995], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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It came to pass also in the twelfth[H8147]year[H8141], in the fifteenth[H2568] day of the month[H2320], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] came unto me, saying[H559],
18Son[H1121] of man[H120], wail[H5091] for the multitude[H1995] of Egypt[H4714], and cast them down[H3381], even her, and the daughters[H1323] of the famous[H117]nations[H1471], unto the nether parts[H8482] of the earth[H776], with them that go down[H3381] into the pit[H953].
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Whom dost thou pass in beauty?[H5276] go down[H3381], and be thou laid[H7901] with the uncircumcised[H6189].
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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 her multitudes[H1995].
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The strong[H410] among the mighty[H1368] shall speak[H1696] to him out of the midst[H8432] of hell[H7585] with them that help[H5826] him: they are gone down[H3381], they lie[H7901]uncircumcised[H6189], slain[H2491] by the sword[H2719].
22Asshur[H804] is there and all her company[H6951]: his graves[H6913] are about[H5439] him: all of them slain[H2491], fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719]:
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Whose graves[H6913] are set[H5414] in the sides[H3411] of the pit[H953], and her company[H6951] is round about[H5439] her grave[H6900]: all of them slain[H2491], fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719], which caused[H5414]terror[H2851] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416].
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There is Elam[H5867] and all her multitude[H1995] round about[H5439] her grave[H6900], all of them slain[H2491], fallen[H5307] by the sword[H2719], which are gone down[H3381]uncircumcised[H6189] into the nether parts[H8482] of the earth[H776], which caused[H5414] their terror[H2851] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416]; yet have they borne[H5375] their shame[H3639] with them that go down[H3381] to the pit[H953].
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They have set[H5414] her a bed[H4904] in the midst[H8432] of the slain[H2491] with all her multitude[H1995]: her graves[H6913] are round about[H5439] him: all of them uncircumcised[H6189], slain[H2491] by the sword[H2719]: though their terror[H2851] was caused[H5414] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416], yet have they borne[H5375] their shame[H3639] with 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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There is Meshech[H4902], Tubal[H8422], and all her multitude[H1995]: her graves[H6913] are round about[H5439] him: all of them uncircumcised[H6189], slain[H2490] by the sword[H2719], though they caused[H5414] their terror[H2851] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416].
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And they shall not lie[H7901] with the mighty[H1368] that are fallen[H5307] of the uncircumcised[H6189], which are gone down[H3381] to hell[H7585] with their weapons[H3627] of war[H4421]: and they have laid[H5414] their swords[H2719] under their heads[H7218], but their iniquities[H5771] shall be upon their bones[H6106], though they were the terror[H2851] of the mighty[H1368] in the land[H776] of the living[H2416].
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Yea, thou shalt be broken[H7665] in the midst[H8432] of the uncircumcised[H6189], and shalt lie[H7901] with them that are slain[H2491] with the sword[H2719].
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There is Edom[H123], her kings[H4428], and all her princes[H5387], which with their might[H1369] are laid[H5414] by them that were slain[H2491] by the sword[H2719]: they shall lie[H7901] with the uncircumcised[H6189], and with them that go down[H3381] to the pit[H953].
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There be the princes[H5257] of the north[H6828], all of them, and all the Zidonians[H6722], which are gone down[H3381] with the slain[H2491]; with their terror[H2851] they are ashamed[H954] of their might[H1369]; and they lie[H7901]uncircumcised[H6189] with them that be slain[H2491] by the sword[H2719], and bear[H5375] their shame[H3639] with them that go down[H3381] to the pit[H953].
31Pharaoh[H6547] shall see[H7200] them, and shall be comforted[H5162] over all his multitude[H1995], even Pharaoh[H6547] and all his army[H2428]slain[H2491] by the sword[H2719], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].
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For I have caused[H5414] 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 them that are slain[H2491] with the sword[H2719], even Pharaoh[H6547] and all his multitude[H1995], saith[H5002] the Lord[H136]GOD[H3069].