I will (A)put hooks in your jaws,
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;
and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,
    with all the fish of your streams
    that stick to your scales.
(B)And I will cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your streams;
you shall fall (C)on the open field,
    and (D)not be brought together or gathered.
To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens
    (E)I give you as food.

Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (F)shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you[a] have been (G)a staff of reed to the house of Israel,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they

But I will put hooks(A) in your jaws
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
    with all the fish sticking to your scales.(B)
I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered(C) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.(D)

Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“‘You have been a staff of reed(E) for the people of Israel.

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