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Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.
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Come up, ye horses; and rage, ye chariots; and let the mighty men come forth; the Ethiopians and the Libyans, that handle the shield; and the Lydians, that handle and bend the bow.
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For this is the day of the LordGOD of hosts, a day of vengeance, that he may avenge him of his adversaries: and the sword shall devour, and it shall be satiate and made drunk with their blood: for the LordGOD of hosts hath a sacrifice in the northcountry by the riverEuphrates.
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The nations have heard of thy shame, and thy cry hath filled the land: for the mighty man hath stumbled against the mighty, and they are fallenbothtogether.
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Declare ye in Egypt, and publish in Migdol, and publish in Noph and in Tahpanhes:say ye, Stand fast, and prepare thee; for the sword shall devour round about thee.
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He made many to fall, yea, onefell upon another: and they said, Arise, and let us go again to our own people, and to the land of our nativity,from the oppressingsword.