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“The infantry can’t flee.
    The warriors can’t escape.
    They stumble and fall in the north by the Euphrates River.
Who is this, rising like the Nile River,
    like streams that flow swiftly?
Egypt is like the rising Nile River,
    like a river quickly overflowing its banks.
    Egypt says, ‘I will rise; I will cover the earth.
    I will destroy cities and the people in them.’

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“The swift cannot flee(A)
    nor the strong escape.
In the north by the River Euphrates(B)
    they stumble and fall.(C)

“Who is this that rises like the Nile,
    like rivers of surging waters?(D)
Egypt rises like the Nile,(E)
    like rivers of surging waters.
She says, ‘I will rise and cover the earth;
    I will destroy cities and their people.’(F)

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