"By the swordsof the mightyonesI will cause your hordesto fall;allof them are tyrantsof the nations,And they will devastatethe prideof Egypt,And allits hordeswill be destroyed.
The nationshave heardof your shame,And the earthis fullof your cry[of distress]; For one warriorhas stumbledover another,And bothof them have fallendowntogether.
"Allwho knowyou among the peoplesAre appalledat you; You have becometerrifiedAnd you will ceaseto be forever."'"
Therefore,behold,I will bringstrangersupon you, The mostruthlessof the nations.And they will drawtheir swordsAgainstthe beautyof your wisdomAnd defileyour splendor.
Thereforethussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I will givethe landof Egyptto Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon.And he will carryoffher wealthand captureher spoiland seizeher plunder;and it will be wagesfor his army.
"He and his peoplewith him, The mostruthlessof the nations,Will be broughtin to destroythe land;And they will drawtheir swordsagainstEgyptAnd fillthe landwith the slain.
therefore I will giveit into the handof a despotof the nations;he will thoroughlydealwith it. According to its wickednessI have drivenit away.
"Alientyrantsof the nationshave cutit downand leftit; on the mountainsand in allthe valleysits brancheshave fallenand its boughshave been brokenin allthe ravinesof the land.And allthe peoplesof the earthhave gonedownfrom its shadeand leftit.
"Sonof man,wailfor the hordesof Egyptand bringit down,her and the daughtersof the powerfulnations,to the netherworld,with those who godownto the pit;
