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10 “For this is what the Sovereign Lord says:
By the power of King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon,
    I will destroy the hordes of Egypt.
11 He and his armies—the most ruthless of all—
    will be sent to demolish the land.
They will make war against Egypt
    until slaughtered Egyptians cover the ground.
12 I will dry up the Nile River
    and sell the land to wicked men.
I will destroy the land of Egypt and everything in it
    by the hands of foreigners.
    I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Footnotes

  1. 30:10 Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.

10 The Lord God proclaims:
    I will bring an end to the hordes of Egypt
    through the power of Babylon’s King Nebuchadrezzar.
11 He and his people with him,
    the most terrible of the nations,
    will be brought in to destroy the land.
    They will draw their swords against Egypt
        and fill the land with the slain.
12 I will dry up the Nile canals;
    I will sell the land to evildoers.
With the help of foreigners
    I will lay waste to the land and everything in it.
        I, the Lord, have spoken.

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