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Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have set fire to Egypt, and all her helpers are broken.
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"On that day swift messengers shall go forth from me to terrify the unsuspecting Ethiopians; and anguish shall come upon them on the day of Egypt's doom; for, lo, it comes!
10
"Thus says the Lord GOD: I will put an end to the wealth of Egypt, by the hand of Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon.
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He and his people with him, the most terrible of the nations, shall be brought in to destroy the land; and they shall draw their swords against Egypt, and fill the land with the slain.
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And I will dry up the Nile, and will sell the land into the hand of evil men; I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it, by the hand of foreigners; I, the LORD, have spoken.
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"Thus says the Lord GOD: I will destroy the idols, and put an end to the images, in Memphis; there shall no longer be a prince in the land of Egypt; so I will put fear in the land of Egypt.
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I will make Pathros a desolation, and will set fire to Zo'an, and will execute acts of judgment upon Thebes.
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And I will pour my wrath upon Pelusium, the stronghold of Egypt, and cut off the multitude of Thebes.
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And I will set fire to Egypt; Pelusium shall be in great agony; Thebes shall be breached, and its walls broken down.
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The young men of On and of Pibe'seth shall fall by the sword; and the women shall go into captivity.
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At Tehaph'nehes the day shall be dark, when I break there the dominion of Egypt, and her proud might shall come to an end; she shall be covered by a cloud, and her daughters shall go into captivity.