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15 I have struck down
your mighty god Apis[a]
    and chased him away.[b]
16 Your soldiers stumble
    over each other
and say, “Get up!
    The enemy will kill us,
unless we can escape
    to our own land.”

17 Give the king of Egypt
    this new name,
“Talks-Big-Does-Nothing.”

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Footnotes

  1. 46.15 Apis: A sacred bull, kept in a temple at Memphis, Egypt, and worshiped as a god.
  2. 46.15 I have … him away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.

15 Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.(A)
16 They will stumble(B) repeatedly;
    they will fall(C) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people(D) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’(E)
17 There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;(F)
    he has missed his opportunity.(G)

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