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I will stir up Egypt against Egypt:
    brother will war against brother,
Neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them,
    and I will bring their counsel to nought;
They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.(A)
I will deliver Egypt
    into the power of a cruel master,
A harsh king[a] who shall rule over them—
    oracle of the Lord, the Lord of hosts.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 19:4 Cruel master…harsh king: possibly the Nubian (Ethiopian) Shabaka who gained control of all of Egypt around 712 B.C.

“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,(A)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.(B)
The Egyptians will lose heart,(C)
    and I will bring their plans(D) to nothing;(E)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(F)
I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(G) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

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