12 By the swords of the mighty warriors, all of them ^athe most terrible of the nations, I will cause your multitude to fall.
^b“They shall plunder the pomp of Egypt,
And all its multitude shall be destroyed. ‡

13 Also I will destroy all its animals
From beside its great waters;
^aThe foot of man shall muddy them no more,
Nor shall the hooves of animals muddy them. ‡

15 “When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
And the country is destitute of all that once filled it,
When I strike all who dwell in it,
^aThen they shall know that I am the Lord. ‡

16 “This is the ^alamentation
With which they shall lament her;
The daughters of the nations shall lament her;
They shall lament for her, for Egypt,
And for all her multitude,”
Says the Lord God.’ ”  ‡