“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been only a (A)staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
“When they took hold of you with the hand,
You (B)broke and tore all their [a]hands;
And when they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their loins [b]quake.”

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 So with some ancient versions; M.T. shoulders
  2. Ezekiel 29:7 Lit stand

16 And it will never again be the (A)confidence of the house of Israel, [a](B)bringing to mind the iniquity of their having turned [b]to Egypt. Then they will know that I am the Lord God.”’”

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  1. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit causing to remember
  2. Ezekiel 29:16 Lit after them