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Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

For the house of Israel, the Egyptians have been a staff made out of a reed. When Israel grasped you with their hands, you would splinter and tear open all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you would break and make them lose their balance.[a] Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am about to bring a sword against you and cut off man and beast from you.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 The ancient versions read make all their hips unsteady. The Hebrew reads made their hips stand.