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23 They will ·chop [cut] down her forest [C Egypt’s army]
    ·as if it were a great forest [or for they cannot be numbered; C could refer either to the Babylonians or the Egyptians],” says the Lord.
“There are more [C enemy soldiers] than locusts;
    there are too many to count.
24 The people of Egypt will be ·ashamed [humiliated].
    They will be handed over to the enemy from the north [C Babylon].”

25 The Lord ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts], the God of Israel, says: “Very soon I will punish Amon, the god of the city of Thebes [C a sun god]. And I will punish Egypt, her ·kings [L Pharaohs], her gods, and the people who ·depend on [have confidence in] the king.

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