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27 But they are not buried with the other unclean soldiers who have been killed in battle. They are not with those who went where the dead are with their weapons of war. These soldiers had their swords laid under their heads and their shields on their bodies. People who live on earth used to be afraid of these mighty soldiers.

28 “You, king of Egypt, will be broken and lie among those who are unclean. You will be with those who were killed in war.

29 “Edom is there also. Its kings and all its leaders are there. They were mighty. But now they lie in death with those killed in war. They will lie with those who are unclean. And they will be with those who go down to where the dead are.

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27 But they do not lie with the fallen warriors of old,[a](A) who went down to the realm of the dead with their weapons of war—their swords placed under their heads and their shields[b] resting on their bones—though these warriors also had terrorized the land of the living.

28 “You too, Pharaoh, will be broken and will lie among the uncircumcised, with those killed by the sword.

29 “Edom(B) is there, her kings and all her princes; despite their power, they are laid with those killed by the sword. They lie with the uncircumcised, with those who go down to the pit.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 32:27 Septuagint; Hebrew warriors who were uncircumcised
  2. Ezekiel 32:27 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text punishment