καὶ ἐγένετο ἐν τῷ ἑνδεκάτῳ ἔτει ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ μηνὶ μιᾷ τοῦ μηνὸς ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And it came to pass in the eleventh year, in the twelfth month, on the first day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου λαβὲ θρῆνον ἐπὶ Φαραω βασιλέα Αἰγύπτου καὶ ἐρεῖς αὐτῷ λέοντι ἐθνῶν ὡμοιώθης καὶ σὺ ὡς δράκων ὁ ἐν τῇ θαλάσσῃ καὶ ἐκεράτιζες τοῖς ποταμοῖς σου καὶ ἐτάρασσες ὕδωρ τοῖς ποσίν σου καὶ κατεπάτεις τοὺς ποταμούς σου
Son of man, take up a lamentation over Pharaoh king of Egypt, and you shall say to him: You were likened to a lion of the nations, and you are like a dragon in the sea, and you were thrusting through your rivers, and you were troubling the water with your feet, and you were trampling down your rivers.
Word-by-word analysis· 38 words
τάδε λέγει κύριος καὶ περιβαλῶ ἐπὶ σὲ δίκτυα λαῶν πολλῶν καὶ ἀνάξω σε ἐν τῷ ἀγκίστρῳ μου
Thus says the Lord: I will cast over you the nets of many peoples, and I will bring you up on my hook.
Word-by-word analysis· 17 words
καὶ ἐκτενῶ σε ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν πεδία πλησθήσεταί σου καὶ ἐπικαθιῶ ἐπὶ σὲ πάντα τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ ἐμπλήσω ἐκ σοῦ πάντα τὰ θηρία πάσης τῆς γῆς
And I will stretch you out upon the land; the plains shall be filled with you, and I will make all the birds of heaven settle upon you, and from you I will fill all the beasts of the whole earth.
Word-by-word analysis· 28 words
καὶ δώσω τὰς σάρκας σου ἐπὶ τὰ ὄρη καὶ ἐμπλήσω ἀπὸ τοῦ αἵματός σου
And I will lay your flesh upon the mountains, and from your blood I will fill the valleys.
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καὶ ποτισθήσεται ἡ γῆ ἀπὸ τῶν προχωρημάτων σου ἀπὸ τοῦ πλήθους σου ἐπὶ τῶν ὀρέων φάραγγας ἐμπλήσω ἀπὸ σοῦ
And the land shall be drenched with your outpourings, from your multitude, upon the mountains; and I will fill the ravines with you.
Word-by-word analysis· 19 words
καὶ κατακαλύψω ἐν τῷ σβεσθῆναί σε οὐρανὸν καὶ συσκοτάσω τὰ ἄστρα αὐτοῦ ἥλιον ἐν νεφέλῃ καλύψω καὶ σελήνη οὐ μὴ φάνῃ τὸ φῶς αὐτῆς
And when you are extinguished I will cover the heaven and darken its stars; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not show its light.
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πάντα τὰ φαίνοντα φῶς ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ συσκοτάσουσιν ἐπὶ σέ καὶ δώσω σκότος ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν σου λέγει κύριος κύριος
All the lights that shine in heaven shall be darkened over you, and I will put darkness upon your land, says the Lord GOD.
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καὶ παροργιῶ καρδίαν λαῶν πολλῶν ἡνίκα ἂν ἄγω αἰχμαλωσίαν σου εἰς τὰ ἔθνη εἰς γῆν ἣν οὐκ ἔγνως
And I will provoke the heart of many peoples when I bring your captivity among the nations, into a land that you did not know.
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καὶ στυγνάσουσιν ἐπὶ σὲ ἔθνη πολλά καὶ οἱ βασιλεῖς αὐτῶν ἐκστάσει ἐκστήσονται ἐν τῷ πέτασθαι τὴν ῥομφαίαν μου ἐπὶ πρόσωπα αὐτῶν προσδεχόμενοι τὴν πτῶσιν αὐτῶν ἀφ' ἡμέρας πτώσεώς σου
And many nations shall be appalled over you, and their kings shall stand beside themselves in horror when my sword is brandished before their face, each awaiting his own fall from the day of your fall.
Word-by-word analysis· 29 words
ὅτι τάδε λέγει κύριος ῥομφαία βασιλέως Βαβυλῶνος ἥξει σοι
For thus says the Lord: The sword of the king of Babylon shall come upon you.
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
ἐν μαχαίραις γιγάντων καὶ καταβαλῶ τὴν ἰσχύν σου λοιμοὶ ἀπὸ ἐθνῶν πάντες καὶ ἀπολοῦσι τὴν ὕβριν Αἰγύπτου καὶ συντριβήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτῆς
With the swords of giants I will cast down your strength; they are pestilent men from among the nations, all of them, and they shall destroy the arrogance of Egypt, and all her strength shall be crushed.
Word-by-word analysis· 23 words
καὶ ἀπολῶ πάντα τὰ κτήνη αὐτῆς ἀφ' ὕδατος πολλοῦ καὶ οὐ μὴ ταράξῃ αὐτὸ ἔτι ποὺς ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἴχνος κτηνῶν οὐ μὴ καταπατήσῃ αὐτό
And I will destroy all her cattle from beside the abundant waters, and the foot of man shall trouble them no more, nor shall the track of cattle trample them any longer.
Word-by-word analysis· 24 words
οὕτως τότε ἡσυχάσει τὰ ὕδατα αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ ποταμοὶ αὐτῶν ὡς ἔλαιον πορεύσονται λέγει κύριος
Then their waters shall be at rest, and their rivers shall go like oil, says the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 15 words
ὅταν δῶ Αἴγυπτον εἰς ἀπώλειαν καὶ ἐρημωθῇ ἡ γῆ σὺν τῇ πληρώσει αὐτῆς ὅταν διασπείρω πάντας τοὺς κατοικοῦντας ἐν αὐτῇ καὶ γνώσονται ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος
When I make Egypt a ruin and the land is laid waste with all its fullness, when I scatter all who dwell in it, then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Word-by-word analysis· 26 words
θρῆνός ἐστιν καὶ θρηνήσεις αὐτόν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες τῶν ἐθνῶν θρηνήσουσιν αὐτόν ἐπ' Αἴγυπτον καὶ ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῆς θρηνήσουσιν αὐτήν λέγει κύριος κύριος
It is a lamentation, and they shall lament it; the daughters of the nations shall lament it; over Egypt and over all her strength they shall lament her, says the Lord GOD.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
καὶ ἐγενήθη ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει τοῦ πρώτου μηνὸς πεντεκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ μηνὸς ἐγένετο λόγος κυρίου πρός με λέγων
And it came to pass in the twelfth year, in the first month, on the fifteenth day of the month, that the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
Word-by-word analysis· 18 words
υἱὲ ἀνθρώπου θρήνησον ἐπὶ τὴν ἰσχὺν Αἰγύπτου καὶ καταβιβάσουσιν αὐτῆς τὰς θυγατέρας τὰ ἔθνη νεκρὰς εἰς τὸ βάθος τῆς γῆς πρὸς τοὺς καταβαίνοντας εἰς βόθρον
Son of man, lament over the strength of Egypt, and the nations shall bring down her daughters, the dead, to the depths of the earth, with those who go down into the pit.
Word-by-word analysis· 25 words
ἐν μέσῳ τραυματιῶν μαχαίρας πεσοῦνται μετ' αὐτοῦ καὶ κοιμηθήσεται πᾶσα ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτοῦ
In the midst of those wounded by the sword they shall fall with him, and all his strength shall lie down.
Word-by-word analysis· 13 words
καὶ ἐροῦσίν σοι οἱ γίγαντες ἐν βάθει βόθρου γίνου τίνος κρείττων εἶ κατάβηθι καὶ κοιμήθητι μετὰ ἀπεριτμήτων ἐν μέσῳ τραυματιῶν μαχαίρας
And the giants in the depth of the pit shall say to you: Whom do you surpass? Go down and lie with the uncircumcised in the midst of those wounded by the sword.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἐκεῖ Ασσουρ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ συναγωγὴ αὐτοῦ πάντες τραυματίαι ἐκεῖ ἐδόθησαν καὶ ἡ ταφὴ αὐτῶν ἐν βάθει βόθρου καὶ ἐγενήθη ἡ συναγωγὴ αὐτοῦ περικύκλῳ τοῦ μνήματος αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ τραυματίαι οἱ πεπτωκότες μαχαίρᾳ
There is Asshur and all his assembly; all of them are wounded. There they were given over, and their burial is in the depth of the pit, and his whole company came to be around his tomb, all of them wounded, those fallen by the sword,
Word-by-word analysis· 33 words
οἱ δόντες τὸν φόβον αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ζωῆς
those who gave their terror upon the land of the living.
Word-by-word analysis· 8 words
ἐκεῖ αιλαμ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτοῦ περικύκλῳ τοῦ μνήματος αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ τραυματίαι οἱ πεπτωκότες μαχαίρᾳ καὶ οἱ καταβαίνοντες ἀπερίτμητοι εἰς γῆς βάθος οἱ δεδωκότες αὐτῶν φόβον ἐπὶ γῆς ζωῆς καὶ ἐλάβοσαν τὴν βάσανον αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς βόθρον
There is Elam and all his strength around his tomb, all of them wounded, those fallen by the sword, and those going down uncircumcised into the depth of the earth, those who gave their terror upon the land of the living; and they bore their punishment with those going down into the pit.
Word-by-word analysis· 41 words
ἐν μέσῳ τραυματιῶν
In the midst of the wounded,
Word-by-word analysis· 3 words
ἐκεῖ ἐδόθησαν Μοσοχ καὶ Θοβελ καὶ πᾶσα ἡ ἰσχὺς αὐτῶν περικύκλῳ τοῦ μνήματος αὐτοῦ πάντες τραυματίαι αὐτοῦ πάντες ἀπερίτμητοι τραυματίαι ἀπὸ μαχαίρας οἱ δεδωκότες τὸν φόβον αὐτῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ζωῆς
there were given Meshech and Tubal and all their strength around his tomb, all his wounded, all uncircumcised, wounded by the sword, those who gave their terror upon the land of the living.
Word-by-word analysis· 30 words
καὶ ἐκοιμήθησαν μετὰ τῶν γιγάντων τῶν πεπτωκότων ἀπὸ αἰῶνος οἳ κατέβησαν εἰς ᾅδου ἐν ὅπλοις πολεμικοῖς καὶ ἔθηκαν τὰς μαχαίρας αὐτῶν ὑπὸ τὰς κεφαλὰς αὐτῶν καὶ ἐγενήθησαν αἱ ἀνομίαι αὐτῶν ἐπὶ τῶν ὀστῶν αὐτῶν ὅτι ἐξεφόβησαν γίγαντας ἐν γῇ ζωῆς
And they slept with the giants who fell from of old, who went down into Hades with their weapons of war, and they placed their swords under their heads, and their lawless deeds came upon their bones, because they had terrified giants in the land of the living.
Word-by-word analysis· 40 words
καὶ σὺ ἐν μέσῳ ἀπεριτμήτων κοιμηθήσῃ μετὰ τετραυματισμένων μαχαίρᾳ
And you shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those wounded by the sword.
Word-by-word analysis· 9 words
ἐκεῖ ἐδόθησαν οἱ ἄρχοντες Ασσουρ οἱ δόντες τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτοῦ εἰς τραῦμα μαχαίρας οὗτοι μετὰ τραυματιῶν ἐκοιμήθησαν μετὰ καταβαινόντων εἰς βόθρον
There were given the rulers of Asshur, those who gave his strength over to the wound of the sword; these slept with the wounded, with those going down into the pit.
Word-by-word analysis· 21 words
ἐκεῖ οἱ ἄρχοντες τοῦ βορρᾶ πάντες στρατηγοὶ Ασσουρ οἱ καταβαίνοντες τραυματίαι σὺν τῷ φόβῳ αὐτῶν καὶ τῇ ἰσχύι αὐτῶν ἐκοιμήθησαν ἀπερίτμητοι μετὰ τραυματιῶν μαχαίρας καὶ ἀπήνεγκαν τὴν βάσανον αὐτῶν μετὰ τῶν καταβαινόντων εἰς βόθρον
There are the rulers of the north, all the generals of Asshur, those going down wounded, with their terror and with their strength; they slept uncircumcised with those wounded by the sword, and they bore their punishment with those going down into the pit.
Word-by-word analysis· 34 words
ἐκείνους ὄψεται βασιλεὺς Φαραω καὶ παρακληθήσεται ἐπὶ πᾶσαν τὴν ἰσχὺν αὐτῶν λέγει κύριος κύριος
Pharaoh the king shall see them and shall be comforted over all their strength, says the Lord GOD.
Word-by-word analysis· 14 words
ὅτι δέδωκα τὸν φόβον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς ζωῆς καὶ κοιμηθήσεται ἐν μέσῳ ἀπεριτμήτων μετὰ τραυματιῶν μαχαίρας Φαραω καὶ πᾶν τὸ πλῆθος αὐτοῦ λέγει κύριος κύριος
For I have put his terror upon the land of the living, and he shall lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with those wounded by the sword, Pharaoh and all his multitude, says the Lord GOD.