6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a astaff of reed to the house of Israel.
Shall know that I am the Lord,
Because they have been a astaff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 aWhen they took hold of you with the hand,
You broke and tore all their1 shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
You broke and tore all their1 shoulders;
When they leaned on you,
You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring aa sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.
9 And the land of Egypt shall become adesolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
10 Indeed, therefore, I am against you and against your rivers, aand I will make the land of Egypt utterly waste and desolate, bfrom Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Ethiopia.
11 aNeither foot of man shall pass through it nor foot of beast pass through it, and it shall be uninhabited forty years.
12 aI will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate; and among the cities that are laid waste, her cities shall be desolate forty years; and I will bscatter the Egyptians among the nations and disperse them throughout the countries.”
New King James Version®, Copyright© 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
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