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Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am about to bring a sword against you and cut off man and beast from you. The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin, and they will know that I am the Lord.

Because he said, “It is my Nile. I made it for myself,” 10 therefore, I am against you and against the channels of your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a parched desolation—from Migdol to Aswan, that is, up to the border with Cush.[a]

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  1. Ezekiel 29:10 Cush is the territory south of Egypt, below Aswan.

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.(A) Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“‘Because you said, “The Nile(B) is mine; I made it,(C) 10 therefore I am against you(D) and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt(E) a ruin and a desolate waste(F) from Migdol(G) to Aswan,(H) as far as the border of Cush.[a](I)

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  1. Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region