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15 When I make the land of Egypt desolate,
    and the country is destitute of that by which it was full,
when I smite all those who dwell in it,
    then shall they know that I am the Lord.

16 This is the lamentation, and they shall chant it. The daughters of the nations shall chant it. They shall chant it over Egypt and over all her multitude, says the Lord God.

A Dirge for Egypt

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying:

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