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Ezekiel 29:8
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.”
Verse in context — Ezekiel 29
All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of you by your hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke, and paralyzed all of their thighs.
Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.
The land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste; and they shall know that I am Yahweh. Because he has said, 'The river is mine, and I have made it;
therefore, behold, I am against you, and against your rivers, and I will make the land of Egypt an utter waste and desolation, from the tower of Seveneh even to the border of Ethiopia.
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