Ezekiel 32:18

The lament is primarily over the multitude or nationality of Egypt.

cast them down, even her Probably: and sink them down, thou and the daughters of famous nations. In Ezekiel 32:16 the daughters of the nations were spoken of as chanting the dirge over Pharaoh and his multitude. The prophet (LXX. Ezekiel 32:16) and these daughters together chant the lament. They are said to "sink the multitude down" because in their lament they describe their sinking down. The reading "thou" for "her" implies no change in the consonantal text, and the "daughters of famous nations" cannot be those that are interred, but those who inter. It is Pharaoh and his multitude who are let down into the pit (cf. Ezekiel 32:31).

them that go down that are gone down, Ezekiel 26:20; Ezekiel 31:16.