11For this is what the Lord GOD says: 'The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you.'
12By the swords of mighty warriors, the most ruthless of all nations, I will bring down your horde. They will ravage the pride of Egypt, and all its hordes will be destroyed.
13I will destroy all its cattle beside many waters, so no human foot will stir them up again, nor will the hooves of cattle stir them up.
14Then I will let their waters settle and make their rivers flow like oil, declares the Lord GOD.
15When I make the land of Egypt desolate and lay waste everything in it, striking down all who live there, then they will know that I am the LORD.
16This is a lamentation, and the daughters of the nations will chant it. They will chant it for Egypt and all her multitude, declares the Lord GOD.
17In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
18Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and bring her and the daughters of mighty nations down to the earth below, to those who go down to the pit.