I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered(A) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.(B)

Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“‘You have been a staff of reed(C) for the people of Israel. When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered(D) and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.[a](E)

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (see also Septuagint and Vulgate); Hebrew and you caused their backs to stand

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