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Then it happened
This phrase is used here to mark the beginning of a new message. If your language has a way for doing this, you could consider using it here.
in the twelfth year
Possible meanings are 1) This happened in the twelfth year after the Babylonians took the Israelites to Babylon or 2) this happened in twelfth year after the Babylonians took Jehoiachin to Babylon. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
the word of Yahweh came to me and said
See how you translated this in Ezekiel 3:16.
Son of man
See how you translated this in Ezekiel 2:1.
weep for the servants of Egypt
"cry loudly for the army of Egypt"
throw them down—her and the daughters of majestic nations
AT: "throw Egypt and the daughters of majestic nations down"
the daughters of majestic nations
Possible meanings are 1) "the people of powerful nations"or 2) "other powerful nations."