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15 Nobody in Egypt will be able to do anything. They may be Egypt's head or its tail, a palm branch or a reed.[a] There is nothing that anyone can do.

16 At that time, the Egyptians will be weak, like women. They will shake with fear because the Lord Almighty is ready to punish them. 17 The people of Judah will frighten the Egyptians very much. If anyone says Judah's name, everyone who hears it will be afraid. They will be very afraid of the punishment that the Lord Almighty will bring to them.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:15 See Isaiah 9:14.

15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
    head or tail, palm branch or reed.(A)

16 In that day(B) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(C) They will shudder with fear(D) at the uplifted hand(E) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(F) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(G) against them.

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