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8 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me bringing the sword upon thee, and I cut off from thee man and cattle. 9 And the land of Egypt was for desolation and waste; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, because he said, The river is to me; I made. 10 For this, behold me against thee, and against thy rivers, and I gave the land of Egypt for wastes of waste, a desolation from the tower Seveneh and even to the bound of Cush. 11 The foot of man shall not pass through it, and the foot of cattle shall not pass through it, and it shall not be inhabited forty years. 12 And I gave the land of Egypt a desolation in the midst of the lands being desolate, and her, cities in the midst of the cities laid waste shall be a desolation forty years: and I scattered Egypt among the nations and I dispersed them in the lands. 13 For thus said the Lord Jehovah: From the end of forty years I will gather Egypt from the peoples where they were scattered there: 14 And I turned back the captivity of Egypt; and I caused them to turn back to the land of Paths upon the land of their nativity; and they were there a low kingdom. 15 It shall be lower than the kingdoms, and it shall no more be lifted up over the nations: and I made them few not to rule over the nations. 16 And it shall be no more to the house of Israel for trust, bringing iniquity to remembrance in their turning after them: and they shall know that am the Lord Jehovah. 17 And it will be in the twenty and seventh year, in the first, in the one to the month, the word, of Jehovah was to me, saying, 18 Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head being made bald, and every shoulder made smooth: and wages were not to him and to his army from Tyre for the service that he served against her. 19 For this, thus said the Lord Jehovah: Behold me giving to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, the land of Egypt; and he lifted up her multitude, and he spoiled her spoil and plundered her plunder, and it was the wages to his army. 20 I gave to him the land of Egypt the wages which he served against her, because they worked for me, says the Lord Jehovah. 21 In that day I will cause the born to the house of Israel to spring up, and to thee will I give the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and they shall know that I am Jehovah, Ezekiel 29:8-21, Smith's Literal Translation. Public domain.
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