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11 He and his people with him, the most ruthless of nations,
    will be brought to destroy the land.
And they will draw their swords against Egypt,
    and they will fill the land with the slain,
12 and I will make the Nile streams dry land,
    and I will sell the land into the hand of bad people,
and I will lay waste the land and its fullness
    by the hand of strangers.

I, Yahweh, I have spoken.”

13 Thus says the Lord Yahweh:

“And I will destroy the idols,
    and I will put an end to the worthless idols from Memphis.
And there will no longer be[a] a prince from the land of Egypt,
    and I will put fear in the land of Egypt.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 30:13 Literally “not be any longer”

11 He and his army—the most ruthless of nations(A)
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
They will draw their swords against Egypt
    and fill the land with the slain.(B)
12 I will dry up(C) the waters of the Nile(D)
    and sell the land to an evil nation;
by the hand of foreigners
    I will lay waste(E) the land and everything in it.

I the Lord have spoken.

13 “‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I will destroy the idols(F)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.(G)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,(H)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.

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