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When they took hold of you, you would splinter,
    throwing shoulders out of joint.
When they leaned on you, you would break,
    pitching them down headlong.
Therefore thus says the Lord God:
Look! I am bringing the sword against you
    to cut off from you people and animals.
The land of Egypt shall become a desolate waste;
    then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Because you said, “The Nile belongs to me;
    I made it!”

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When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered(A) and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a](B)

“‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.(C) Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“‘Because you said, “The Nile(D) is mine; I made it,(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand