² “Son of man, take up a lament^(A) concerning Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

¹⁶ “This is the lament^(A) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

²⁴ “Elam^(A) is there, with all her hordes around her grave. All of them are slain, fallen by the sword.^(B) All who had spread terror in the land of the living^(C) went down uncircumcised to the earth below. They bear their shame with those who go down to the pit.^(D)

²⁰ then I will bring you down with those who go down to the pit,^(A) to the people of long ago. I will make you dwell in the earth below, as in ancient ruins, with those who go down to the pit, and you will not return or take your place^[a] in the land of the living.^(B)

¹⁴ Therefore no other trees by the waters are ever to tower proudly on high, lifting their tops above the thick foliage. No other trees so well-watered are ever to reach such a height; they are all destined^(A) for death,^(B) for the earth below, among mortals who go down to the realm of the dead.^(C)

Weeping and Mourning