32:11-16
We have another mention of God using Babylon as His instrument to execute judgement upon Egypt. So many of Egypt’s soldiers would fall to the sword of Babylon. The pride of Egypt would be shattered. No longer would it be able to stir up the international situation. Egypt would see that they were not in charge of things, only the Lord has that power. Egypt would recite this lament themselves, they would realise what had happened.
32:17-21
The Egyptians were very keen on the world of the dead, with much mythology built around the concept. So here God talks about her “descent into the realm of the dead”. The key message is that she is just the same as all other peoples, she cannot control the “world of the dead”. We should note that God is using Egypt’s own mythology to convey a message, this section should not be taken in anyway as indicating what the world of the dead, heaven and hell are like. Egypt and hordes would be consigned to death in the same way as everyone else. “Go down and be laid among the uncircumcised”. The Jews were not the only ones who were circumcised, but peoples who were not circumcised were looked down upon. Even the leaders of Egypt would be in the world of the dead, along with everyone else.
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