^{11 Ref} For thus said the Lord Jehovah: A sword of the king of Babylon entereth thee,

^{12 Ref} By swords of the mighty I cause thy multitude to fall, The terrible of nations -- all of them, And they have spoiled the excellency of Egypt, And destroyed hath been all her multitude.

^{13 Ref} And I have destroyed all her beasts, From beside many waters, And trouble them not doth a foot of man any more, Yea, the hoofs of beasts trouble them not.

¹⁴ Then do I cause their waters to sink, And their rivers as oil I cause to go, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.

^{15 Ref} In My making the land of Egypt a desolation, And desolated hath been the land of its fulness, In My smiting all the inhabitants in it, And they have known that I `am' Jehovah.

^{16 Ref} A lamentation it `is', and they have lamented her, Daughters of the nations do lament her, For Egypt, and for all her multitude, they lament her, An affirmation of the Lord Jehovah.'