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“‘I will put hooks in your jaws
    and make the fish in the Nile River stick to your scales.
    I will pull you out of your river
    with all the fish in the Nile sticking to your scales.
I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish from the Nile.
    You will fall in an open field.
        No one will pick you up or bury you.
    I will feed you to wild animals and birds.
Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am Yahweh.
    Egypt, you have become like a broken walking stick
    to the nation of Israel.

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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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