15. When I make the land of Egypt desolate,and when the land is desolate of all that fills it,when I strike down all who dwell in it,then they will know that I am the Lord.
16. This is a lamentation that shall be chanted; the daughters of the nations shall chant it; over Egypt, and over all her multitude, shall they chant it, declares the Lord God.”
17. In the twelfth year, in the twelfth month, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me: