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'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were 1as the vegetation of the field and as the greenherb, As grass on the housetops is scorchedbefore it is grown up.
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"I dug wells and drank foreign waters, And with the sole of my feet I dried up All the rivers of Egypt."
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'Have you not heard? Long ago I did it; From ancient times I planned it. Now I have brought it to pass, That you should turn fortified cities into ruinous heaps.
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'Therefore their inhabitants were short of strength, They were dismayed and put to shame; They were as the vegetation of the field and as the green herb, As grass on the housetops is scorched before it is grown up.
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'But I know your sitting down, And your going out and your coming in, And your raging against Me.
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'Because of your raging against Me, And because your arrogance has come up to My ears, Therefore I will put My hook in your nose, And My bridle in your lips, And I will turn you back by the way which you came.