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Jeremiah 46:8
New English Translation
Jeremiah 46:8
New English Translation
8 Egypt rises like the Nile,
like its streams turbulent at flood stage.
Egypt said, ‘I will arise and cover the earth.
I will destroy cities and the people who inhabit them.’[a]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 46:8 sn Jeremiah shows the hubris of the Egyptian Pharoah by comparing his might to that of the Nile River. Isaiah 8:7-8 similarly pictures the armies of Assyria overcoming everything in their path.
Jeremiah 46:8
New International Version
Jeremiah 46:8
New International Version
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