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Therefore the Lord God says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both men and herds. The land of Egypt shall become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I, the Lord, have done it.

10 “‘Because you said: “The Nile is mine! I made it!” therefore I am against you and your river, and I will utterly destroy the land of Egypt, from Migdol to Syene, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.

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“‘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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Footnotes

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