When Israel grasped you by the hand,
you splintered,(A) tearing all their shoulders;
when they leaned on you,
you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.[a]

“Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword(B) against you and wipe out man and animal from you. The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin.(C) Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you[b] said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads and you caused their hips to stand
  2. Ezekiel 29:9 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads he

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