The Prophet lamenteth the destruction of Egypt. 11. prosecuting his prophecy of the most lamentable destruction thereof. 17. foreshewing that the more it is exalted in strength and glory, so much more miserable shall be the fall thereof.The Prophet lamenteth the destruction of Ægypt. 11. prosecuting his prophecie of the most lamentable destruction therof. 17. foreshewing that the more it is exalted in strength and glorie, so much more miserable shal be the fal therof.✦
And it came to pass, the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, in the first of the month, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:AND it came to passe, the twelth yeare, in the twelth moneth, in the first of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦Et factum est, duodecimo anno, in mense duodecimo, in una mensis : factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
2Son of man, take up a lamentation upon Pharao the king of Egypt, and thou shalt say to him: Thou art likened to the Lion of the Gentiles, and the dragon, that is in the sea: and thou didst strike with the horn in thy rivers, and didst trouble the waters with thy feet, and didst conculcabas: tread down / trample underfoot their streams.Sonne of man, take vp a lamentation vpon Pharao the king of Ægypt, & thou shalt say to him: Thou art likened to the Lion of the Gentils, and the dragon, that is in the sea: and thou didst strike with the horne in thy riuers, and didst truble the waters with thy fete, and didst conculcate their streames.Fili hominis, assume lamentum super Pharaonem regem Ægypti, et dices ad eum : [Leoni gentium assimilatus es, et draconi qui est in mari : et ventilabas cornu in fluminibus tuis, et conturbabas aquas pedibus tuis, et conculcabas flumina earum.
3Therefore thus saith our Lord God: I will spread my net upon thee in the multitude of many peoples, and I will draw thee out in my net.Therfore thus saith our Lord God: I wil spred my nette vpon thee in the multitude of manie peoples, and I wil draw thee out in my nette.✦Propterea hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Expandam super te rete meum in multitudine populorum multorum, et extraham te in sagena mea.
4And I will throw thee forth on the ground, upon the face of the field will I cast thee away: and I will make all the fowls of heaven to dwell upon thee, and I will fill of thee the beasts of all the earth.And I wil throw thee forth on the ground, vpon the face of the filde wil I cast thee away: and I wil make al the foules of heauen to dwel vpon thee, and I wil fil of thee the beastes of al the earth.Et projiciam te in terram ; super faciem agri abjiciam te : et habitare faciam super te omnia volatilia cæli, et saturabo de te bestias universæ terræ.
5And I will give thy flesh upon the mountains, and will fill the little hills with thy sanie: moral depravity; festering matter / gore.And I wil geue thy flesh vpon the moutaines, and wil fil the litle hilles with thy corruption.✦Et dabo carnes tuas super montes, et implebo colles tuos sanie tua.
6And I will water the earth with the stench of thy blood upon the mountains, and the valleys shall be filled of thee.And I wil water the earth with the stinche of thy bloud vpon the mountaines, and the valleis shal be filled of thee.✦Et irrigabo terram fœtore sanguinis tui super montes, et valles implebuntur ex te.
7And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be extinguished, and I will make the stars thereof to nigrescere: grow / become black: the sun I will cover with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.And I wil couer the heauens, when thou shalt be extinguished, and I wil make the starres therof to waxe blacke: the sunne I wil couer with a cloude, and the moone shal not geue her light.✦Et operiam, cum extinctus fueris, cælum, et nigrescere faciam stellas ejus : solem nube tegam, et luna non dabit lumen suum.
8I will make all the lights of heaven to mourn upon thee: and I will give darkness upon thy land, saith our Lord God, when thy wounded shall fall in the midst of the land, saith our Lord God.I wil make al the lightes of heauen to mourne vpon thee: & I wil geue darkenes vpon thy land, saith our Lord God, when thy wounded shal fal in the middes of the land, saith our Lord God.Omnia luminaria cæli mœrere faciam super te, et dabo tenebras super terram tuam, dicit Dominus Deus, cum ceciderint vulnerati tui in medio terræ, ait Dominus Deus.
9And I shall provoke to anger the heart of many peoples, when I shall have brought in thy destruction in the Gentiles upon the lands, which thou knowest not.And I shal prouoke to anger the hart of manie peoples, when I shal haue brought in thy destruction in the Gentils vpon the landes, which thou knowest not.✦Et irritabo cor populorum multorum, cum induxero contritionem tuam in gentibus super terras quas nescis.
10And I will make many peoples to be obstupescent: stunned / stupefied upon thee, and their kings, with exceeding horror shall be afraid upon thee, when my sword shall begin to fly upon their faces: and they shall be astonied suddenly, every one for his life, in the day of thy ruin.And I wil make manie peoples to be astonied vpon thee, and their kinges, with exceding horrour shal be afraid vpon thee, when my sword shal beginne to flie vpon their faces: and they shal be astonied sodenly, euerie one for his life, in the day of thy ruine.✦Et stupescere faciam super te populos multos, et reges eorum horrore nimio formidabunt super te, cum volare cœperit gladius meus super facies eorum : et obstupescent repente singuli pro anima sua in die ruinæ tuæ.
11Because thus saith our Lord God:Because thus saith our Lord God:Quia hæc dicit Dominus Deus : Gladius regis Babylonis veniet tibi.
12The sword of the king of Babylon shall come to thee, in the swords of the valiants will I overthrow thy multitude: invincible are all these Gentiles: and they shall waste the pride of Egypt, and the multitude thereof shall be dissipabitur: dissolute; scattered / broken apart.The sword of the king of Babylon shal come to thee, in the swordes of the valients wil I ouerthrow thy multitude: inuincible are al these Gentils: and they shal waste the pride of Ægypt, and the multitude therof shal be dissipated.In gladiis fortium dejiciam multitudinem tuam : inexpugnabiles omnes gentes hæ, et vastabunt superbiam Ægypti, et dissipabitur multitudo ejus.
13And I will destroy all the beasts thereof, that were upon very many waters: and the foot of man shall trouble them no more, neither shall the hoof of beasts trouble them.And I wil destroy al the beasts therof, that were vpon verie manie waters: and the foote of man shal truble them no more, neither shal the hoofe of beasts truble them.✦Et perdam omnia jumenta ejus, quæ erant super aquas plurimas : et non conturbabit eas pes hominis ultra, neque ungula jumentorum turbabit eas.
14Then will I make their waters most pure, and their rivers I will bring as oil, saith our Lord God.Then wil I make their waters most pure, and their riuers I wil bring as oile, saith our Lord God.✦Tunc purissimas reddam aquas eorum, et flumina eorum quasi oleum adducam, ait Dominus Deus,
15When I shall have made the Land of Egypt desolate: and the land shall be made desert of her fullness, when I shall have percussero: stricken / struck down all the inhabitants thereof: and they shall know that I am the Lord.When I shal haue made the Land of Ægypt desolate: and the land shal be made desert of her fulnes, when I shal haue strooken al the inhabitāts therof: & they shal know that I am the Lord.cum dedero terram Ægypti desolatam : deseretur autem terra a plenitudine sua quando percussero omnes habitatores ejus : et scient quia ego Dominus.
16It is lamentation, and they shall lament it, the daughters of the Gentiles shall lament it, upon Egypt, and upon the multitude thereof they shall lament it, saith our Lord God.It is lamentation, and they shal lament it, the daughters of the Gentils shal lament it, vpon Ægypt, and vpon the multitude therof they shal lament it, saith our Lord God.✦Planctus est, et plangent eum : filiæ gentium plangent eum : super Ægyptum et super multitudinem ejus plangent eum, ait Dominus Deus.]
17And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the fifteenth of the month, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:And it came to passe in the twelfth yeare, in the fiftenth of the moneth, the word of our Lord was made to me, saying:✦Et factum est in duodecimo anno, in quintadecima mensis : factum est verbum Domini ad me, dicens :
18Son of man, sing a mourning song upon the multitude of Egypt: and pluck her down, herself, and the daughters of the strong nations to the lowest earth with them, that go down into the lake.Sonne of man, sing a mourning song vpon the multitude of Ægypt: and plucke her downe, herself, and the daughters of the strong nations to the lowest earth with them, that goe downe into the lake.✦[Fili hominis, cane lugubre super multitudinem Ægypti : et detrahe eam ipsam, et filias gentium robustarum, ad terram ultimam, cum his qui descendunt in lacum.
19Fairer than whom art thou? Descend, and sleep with the uncircumcised.Fayrer then whom art thou? Descend, and sleepe with the vncircumcised.✦Quo pulchrior es ? descende, et dormi cum incircumcisis.
20In the midst of the slain by the sword they shall fall: the sword is given, they have drawn her, and all her peoples.In the middes of the slaine by the sword they shal fal: the sword is geuen, they haue drawen her, and al her peoples.✦In medio interfectorum gladio cadent ; gladius datus est : attraxerunt eam et omnes populos ejus.
21The most mighty of the strong shall speak to him from the midst of hell, which went down with his helpers, and slept uncircumcised, slain by the sword.The most mightie of the strong shal speake to him from the middes of hel, which went downe with his helpers, and slept vncircumcised, slaine by the sword.✦Loquentur ei potentissimi robustorum de medio inferni, qui cum auxiliatoribus ejus descenderunt, et dormierunt incircumcisi interfecti gladio.
22There Assur, and all his multitude: round about him their graves, all the slain, and they that fell by the sword.There Assur, and al his multitude: round about him their graues, al the slaine, and they that fel by the sword.✦Ibi Assur, et omnis multitudo ejus : in circuitu illius sepulchra ejus, omnes interfecti, et qui ceciderunt gladio.
23Whose graves were made in the lowest lakes: and his multitude was made round about his grave: all the slain, and they that fell by the sword, which sometime had given fear in the land of the living.Whose graues were made in the lowest lakes: and his multitude was made round about his graue: al the slaine, and they that fel by the sword, which sometime had geuen feare in the land of the liuing.✦Quorum data sunt sepulchra in novissimis laci, et facta est multitudo ejus per gyrum sepulchri ejus : universi interfecti, cadentesque gladio, qui dederant quondam formidinem in terra viventium.
24There Elam, and all the multitude thereof round about her grave. all these slain, and falling by the sword: that went down uncircumcised to the lowest earth: which did put their terror in the land of the living, and they have borne their ignominiam: disgrace / shame with them, that go down into the lake.There Ælam, and al the multitude therof round about her graue. al these slaine, and falling by the sword: that went downe vncircumcised to the lowest earth: which did put their terrour in the land of the liuing, and they haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.✦Ibi Ælam, et omnis multitudo ejus per gyrum sepulchri sui : omnes hi interfecti, ruentesque gladio, qui descenderunt incircumcisi ad terram ultimam ; qui posuerunt terrorem suum in terra viventium, et portaverunt ignominiam suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum.
25In the midst of their slain they have set her cubile: a bed / resting place among all her peoples: round about him their grave: all these uncircumcised, and slain by the sword, for they gave their terror in the land of the living, and have borne their ignominy with them, that descend into the lake: they are laid in the midst of the slain.In the middes of their slaine they haue set her couche among al her peoples: round about him their graue: al these vncircumcised, and slaine by the sword, for they gaue their terrour in the land of the liuing, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that descend into the lake: they are layde in the middes of the slaine.✦In medio interfectorum posuerunt cubile ejus in universis populis ejus : in circuitu ejus sepulchrum illius : omnes hi incircumcisi, interfectique gladio. Dederunt enim terrorem suum in terra viventium, et portaverunt ignominiam suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum : in medio interfectorum positi sunt.
26There Mosoch, and Thubal, and all their multitude: round about him their graves: all these uncircumcised, and slain, and falling by the sword: because they gave their fear in the land of the living.There Mosoch, and Thubal, and al their multitude: round about him their graues: al these vncircumcised, and slaine, and falling by the sword: because they gaue their feare in the land of the liuing.✦Ibi Mosoch et Thubal, et omnis multitudo ejus : in circuitu ejus sepulchra illius : omnes hi incircumcisi, interfectique et cadentes gladio, quia dederunt formidinem suam in terra viventium.
27And they shall not sleep with the valiants, and them that fell, and the uncircumcised, that went down to hell with their weapons, and put their swords under their heads, and their iniquities were in their bones: because they were made the terror of the valiants in the land of the living.And they shal not sleepe with the valients, and them that fel, and the vncircumcised, that went downe to hel with their weapons, and put their swordes vnder their heades, and their iniquities were in their bones: because they were made the terrour of the valients in the land of the liuing.✦Et non dormient cum fortibus, cadentibusque, et incircumcisis, qui descenderunt ad infernum cum armis suis, et posuerunt gladios suos sub capitibus suis, et fuerunt iniquitates eorum in ossibus eorum : quia terror fortium facti sunt in terra viventium.
28And thou therefore shalt be destroyed in the midst of the uncircumcised, and shalt sleep with the slain by the sword.And thou therfore shalt be destroyed in the middes of the vncircumcised, and shalt sleepe with the slaine by the sword.✦Et tu ergo in medio incircumcisorum contereris, et dormies cum interfectis gladio.
29There Idumea, and her kings, and all her princes, which were given with their host with the slain by the sword: and which slept with the uncircumcised, and with them that go down into the lake.There Idumea, and her kinges, & al her princes, which were geuen with their host with the slaine by the sword: and which slept with the vncircumcised, and with them that goe downe into the lake.✦Ibi Idumæa, et reges ejus, et omnes duces ejus, qui dati sunt cum exercitu suo cum interfectis gladio, et qui cum incircumcisis dormierunt, et cum his qui descendunt in lacum.
30There all the princes of the North, and all the hunters: which were brought down with the slain, fearing, and in their strength confounded: which slept uncircumcised with the slain by the sword, and have borne their ignominy with them, that go down into the lake.There al the princes of the North, and al the hunters: which were brought downe with the slaine, fearing, and in their strength confounded: which slept vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword, and haue borne their ignominie with them, that goe downe into the lake.✦Ibi principes aquilonis omnes, et universi venatores, qui deducti sunt cum interfectis, paventes, et in sua fortitudine confusi : qui dormierunt incircumcisi cum interfectis gladio, et portaverunt confusionem suam cum his qui descendunt in lacum.
31Pharao saw them, and he was comforted upon all his multitude, which was slain by the sword, Pharao, and all his host, saith our Lord God:Pharao saw them, and he was comforted vpon al his multitude, which was slaine by the sword, Pharao, and al his host, saith our Lord God:✦Vidit eos Pharao, et consolatus est super universa multitudine sua, quæ interfecta est gladio : Pharao, et omnis exercitus ejus, ait Dominus Deus.
32because I gave his terror in the land of the living, and he slept in the midst of the uncircumcised with the slain by the sword: Pharao and all his multitude: saith our Lord God.because I gaue his terrour in the land of the liuing, & he slept in the middes of the vncircumcised with the slaine by the sword: Pharao and al his multitude: saith our Lord God.✦Quia dedi terrorem meum in terra viventium, et dormivit in medio incircumcisorum cum interfectis gladio : Pharao, et omnis multitudo ejus, ait Dominus Deus.]
The reading text follows the 1582 first edition.