Isaiah 19:5
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5 The waters of the Nile will be dried up,
and the river will be parched and dry;(A)
Isaiah 19:6
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6 its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up.
Reeds and rushes will rot away,(A)
Ezekiel 29:3
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3 speak and say: Thus says the Lord God:
I am against you,
Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great dragon sprawling
in the midst of its channels,
saying, “My Nile is my own;
I made it for myself.”(A)
Ezekiel 29:9
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9 and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they shall know that I am the Lord.
Because you[a] said, “The Nile is mine, and I made it,”
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- 29.9 Gk Syr Vg: Heb he
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