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Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: “Look! I am bringing on you a sword, and I will cut off from you human and animal. And the land of Egypt will become[a] a desolation and ruins, and they will know that I am Yahweh because he[b] said, ‘The Nile is mine![c] And I, I made it!’ 10 Therefore look! I am against you and against your Nile streams, and I will make the land of Egypt into ruins, a pile of rubble, a desolation from Migdol to Syene and up to the boundary of Cush.

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  1. Ezekiel 29:9 Hebrew “be”
  2. Ezekiel 29:9 That is, Pharaoh
  3. Ezekiel 29:9 Literally “to me”

“‘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