Then all the inhabitants of Egypt (A)shall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you[a] have been (B)a staff of reed to the house of Israel, (C)when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.[b] Therefore thus says the Lord God: (D)Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:6 Hebrew they
  2. Ezekiel 29:7 Syriac (compare Psalm 69:23); Hebrew to stand

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