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Ezekiel 29:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ezekiel 29:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
8 Therefore, thus says the Lord God: I will bring a sword upon you and will cut off from you human and animal,(A) 9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Because you[a] said, “The Nile is mine, and I made it,” 10 therefore, I am against you and against your channels, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.(B)
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- 29.9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he
Ezekiel 29:8-10
New International Version
Ezekiel 29:8-10
New International Version
8 “‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.(A) 9 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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- Ezekiel 29:10 That is, the upper Nile region
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