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The burden[H4853] of Egypt[H4714]. Behold, the LORD[H3068]rideth[H7392] upon a swift[H7031]cloud[H5645], and shall come[H935] into Egypt[H4714]: and the idols[H457] of Egypt[H4714] shall be moved[H5128] at his presence[H6440], and the heart[H3824] of Egypt[H4714] shall melt[H4549] in the midst[H7130] of it.
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And I will set[H5526] the Egyptians[H4714] against the Egyptians[H4714]: and they shall fight[H3898] every one[H376] against his brother[H251], and every one[H376] against his neighbour[H7453]; city[H5892] against city[H5892], and kingdom[H4467] against kingdom[H4467].
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And the spirit[H7307] of Egypt[H4714] shall fail[H1238] in the midst[H7130] thereof; and I will destroy[H1104] the counsel[H6098] thereof: and they shall seek[H1875] to the idols[H457], and to the charmers[H328], and to them that have familiar spirits[H178], and to the wizards[H3049].
4And[H853] the Egyptians[H4714] will I give over[H5534] into the hand[H3027] of a cruel[H7186]lord[H113]; and[H853] a fierce[H5794]king[H4428] shall rule[H4910]over[H5534] them, saith[H5002] the Lord[H113], the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
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And the waters[H4325] shall fail[H5405] from the sea[H3220], and the river[H5104] shall be wasted[H2717] and dried up[H3001].
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And they shall turn[H2186] the rivers[H5104] far away[H2186]; and the brooks[H2975] of defence[H4693] shall be emptied[H1809] and dried up[H2717]: the reeds[H7070] and flags[H5488] shall wither[H7060].
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The paper reeds[H6169] by the brooks[H2975], by the mouth[H6310] of the brooks[H2975], and every thing sown[H4218] by the brooks[H2975], shall wither[H3001], be driven away[H5086], and be no more.
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The fishers[H1771] also shall mourn[H578], and all they that cast[H7993]angle[H2443] into the brooks[H2975] shall lament[H56], and they that spread[H6566]nets[H4365]upon[H6440] the waters[H4325] shall languish[H535].
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Moreover they that work[H5647] in fine[H8305]flax[H6593], and they that weave[H707]networks[H2355], shall be confounded[H954].
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And they shall be broken[H1792] in the purposes[H8356] thereof, all that make[H6213]sluices[H7938] and ponds[H99] for fish[H5315].
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Surely the princes[H8269] of Zoan[H6814] are fools[H191], the counsel[H6098] of the wise[H2450]counsellors[H3289] of Pharaoh[H6547] is become brutish[H1197]: how say[H559] ye unto Pharaoh[H6547], I am the son[H1121] of the wise[H2450], the son[H1121] of ancient[H6924]kings?[H4428]
12Where[H335] are they? where[H645] are thy wise[H2450] men? and let them tell[H5046] thee now, and let them know[H3045] what the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] hath purposed[H3289] upon Egypt[H4714].
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The princes[H8269] of Zoan[H6814] are become fools[H2973], the princes[H8269] of Noph[H5297] are deceived[H5377]; they have also seduced[H8582]Egypt[H4714], even they that are the stay[H6438] of the tribes[H7626] thereof.
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The LORD[H3068] hath mingled[H4537] a perverse[H5773]spirit[H7307] in the midst[H7130] thereof: and they have caused Egypt[H4714] to err[H8582] in every work[H4639] thereof, as a drunken[H7910] man staggereth[H8582] in his vomit[H6892].
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Neither shall there be any work[H4639] for Egypt[H4714], which the head[H7218] or tail[H2180], branch[H3712] or rush[H100], may do[H6213].
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In that day[H3117] shall Egypt[H4714] be like unto women[H802]: and it shall be afraid[H2729] and fear[H6342]because[H6440] of the shaking[H8573] of the hand[H3027] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], which he shaketh[H5130] over it.
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And the land[H127] of Judah[H3063] shall be a terror[H2283] unto Egypt[H4714], every one that maketh mention[H2142] thereof shall be afraid[H6342] in himself, because[H6440] of the counsel[H6098] of the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635], which he hath determined[H3289] against it.
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In that day[H3117] shall five[H2568]cities[H5892] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]speak[H1696] the language[H8193] of Canaan[H3667], and swear[H7650] to the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635]; one[H259] shall be called[H559], The city[H5892] of destruction[H2041].
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In that day[H3117] shall there be an altar[H4196] to the LORD[H3068] in the midst[H8432] of the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714], and a pillar[H4676]at[H681] the border[H1366] thereof to the LORD[H3068].
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And it shall be for a sign[H226] and for a witness[H5707] unto the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] in the land[H776] of Egypt[H4714]: for they shall cry[H6817] unto the LORD[H3068]because[H6440] of the oppressors[H3905], and he shall send[H7971] them a saviour[H3467], and a great one[H7227], and he shall deliver[H5337] them.
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And the LORD[H3068] shall be known[H3045] to Egypt[H4714], and the Egyptians[H4714] shall know[H3045] the LORD[H3068] in that day[H3117], and shall do[H5647]sacrifice[H2077] and oblation[H4503]; yea, they shall vow[H5087] a vow[H5088] unto the LORD[H3068], and perform[H7999] it.
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And the LORD[H3068] shall smite[H5062]Egypt[H4714]: he shall smite[H5062] and heal[H7495] it: and they shall return[H7725] even to the LORD[H3068], and he shall be intreated[H6279] of them, and shall heal[H7495] them.
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In that day[H3117] shall there be a highway[H4546] out of Egypt[H4714] to Assyria[H804], and the Assyrian[H804] shall come[H935] into Egypt[H4714], and the Egyptian[H4714] into Assyria[H804], and the Egyptians[H4714] shall serve[H5647] with the Assyrians[H804].
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In that day[H3117] shall Israel[H3478] be the third[H7992] with Egypt[H4714] and with Assyria[H804], even a blessing[H1293] in the midst[H7130] of the land[H776]:
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Whom the LORD[H3068] of hosts[H6635] shall bless[H1288], saying[H559], Blessed[H1288] be Egypt[H4714] my people[H5971], and Assyria[H804] the work[H4639] of my hands[H3027], and Israel[H3478] mine inheritance[H5159].