“I will (A)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your [a]rivers;
You will fall on the [b]open field; you will not be brought together or [c](B)gathered.
I have given you for (C)food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.
“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been only a (D)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
“When they took hold of you with the hand,
You (E)broke and tore all their [d]hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins [e]quake.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:5 Or Nile
  2. Ezekiel 29:5 Lit faces of the field
  3. Ezekiel 29:5 Or with several mss and Targum, buried
  4. Ezekiel 29:7 So with some ancient versions; M.T. shoulders
  5. Ezekiel 29:7 Lit stand