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    Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Eternal One.
        You have been nothing more than a staff made of wobbly reeds to the people of Israel.
    When they took hold of you, looking for support,
        you splintered and tore their hands.
    When they leaned on you, you snapped in two,
        and they wrenched their backs because of you.[a]

So this is what I, the Eternal Lord, have to say: “Look, I will march an army against you! It’s coming to slaughter your people and your animals.

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Footnotes

  1. 29:7 Hebrew reads, “made their loins shake.”

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