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2, 4 The Lord, the Eternal, Commander of heavenly armies, says,

Eternal One: I will subject the Egyptians to oppressive forces
        and heartless leadership of a dictator-king.
    I will make them turn against each other,
        Egyptian against Egyptian, a civil war,
    Right down to the houses within a neighborhood—
        city against city, district against district.[a]
    They’ll lose all courage and I’ll frustrate their plans.
        They’ll seek the advice of long dead ancestors and empty idols,
        mediums and fortune-tellers.
    But it is I who determine their fate.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:4 Verse 4 has been moved forward to help in the comprehension of the passage.

“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,(A)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.(B)
The Egyptians will lose heart,(C)
    and I will bring their plans(D) to nothing;(E)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(F)
I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(G) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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