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21 Under the lotus plants he lies,
    in the shelter of (A)the reeds and in the marsh.

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and its canals will become foul,
    and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
    reeds and rushes will rot away.

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speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

(A)“Behold, I am against you,
    Pharaoh king of Egypt,
(B)the great dragon that lies
    in the midst of his streams,
(C)that says, ‘My Nile is my own;
    I made it for myself.’
I will (D)put hooks in your jaws,
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
    with all the fish of your streams
    that stick to your scales.

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(A)“Son of man, (B)raise a lamentation over (C)Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him:

“You consider yourself (D)a lion of the nations,
    but you are like (E)a dragon (F)in the seas;
(G)you burst forth in your rivers,
    trouble the waters with your feet,
    and foul their rivers.

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