¹⁷ This is what the Lord says: By this you will know that I am the Lord:^(A) With the staff that is in my hand I will strike the water of the Nile, and it will be changed into blood.^(B)

⁶ therefore as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign Lord, I will give you over to bloodshed^(A) and it will pursue you.^(B) Since you did not hate bloodshed, bloodshed will pursue you.

²⁰ They were trampled in the winepress^(A) outside the city,^(B) and blood^(C) flowed out of the press, rising as high as the horses’ bridles for a distance of 1,600 stadia.^[a]