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Even if you escape destruction from Assyria,
    Egypt will conquer you, and Memphis[a] will bury you.
Nettles will take over your treasures of silver;
    thistles will invade your ruined homes.

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  1. 9:6 Memphis was the capital of northern Egypt.

For look! If they flee from the destruction,
    Egypt will gather them;
    Memphis[a] will bury them.
Nettles will possess
    their precious things of silver;
        thorns will be in their tents.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:6 Hebrew “Noph”