18 (A)Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.

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18 Pride(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(B) before a fall.(C)

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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of a person is haughty,
But (B)humility goes before honor.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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Speak and say, ‘This is what the Lord [a]God says:

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great [b](A)monster that lies in the midst of his [c]canals,
That (B)has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:3 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord, and so throughout the ch
  2. Ezekiel 29:3 Heb tannim
  3. Ezekiel 29:3 Or Nile

Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh(A) king of Egypt,
    you great monster(B) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile(C) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”

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