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15     After I make the land of Egypt a wasteland,
        strip the land bare, and crush all of her inhabitants,
    Then they will know that I am the Eternal One.

16     This is the lament they will sing over her. The daughters of the nations will mourn
        and sing for Egypt and for all her people.

So says the Eternal Lord.

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the first month, the word of the Eternal came to me regarding Egypt.

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15 When I make Egypt desolate
    and strip the land of everything in it,
when I strike down all who live there,
    then they will know that I am the Lord.(A)

16 “This is the lament(B) they will chant for her. The daughters of the nations will chant it; for Egypt and all her hordes they will chant it, declares the Sovereign Lord.”

Egypt’s Descent Into the Realm of the Dead

17 In the twelfth year, on the fifteenth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me:(C)

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