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And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians ,
and they will fight ,
every man against his brother and every man against his neighbor ,
city against city ,
kingdom against kingdom ;
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and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out ,
and I will confound their plans ;
and they will consult the idols and the sorcerers ,
and the mediums and the wizards ;
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and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master ;
and a fierce king will rule over them ,
says the Lord ,
the LORD of hosts .
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And the waters of the Nile will be dried up ,
and the river will be parched and dry ;
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and its canals will become foul ,
and the branches of Egypt '
s Nile will diminish and dry up ,
reeds and rushes will rot away .
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There will be bare places by the Nile ,
on the brink of the Nile ,
and all that is sown by the Nile will dry up ,
be driven away ,
and be no more .
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The fishermen will mourn and lament ,
all who cast hook in the Nile ;
and they will languish who spread nets upon the water .
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The workers in combed flax will be in despair ,
and the weavers of white cotton .
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Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed ,
and all who work for hire will be grieved .
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The princes of Zo '
an are utterly foolish ;
the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel .
How can you say to Pharaoh , "
I am a son of the wise ,
a son of ancient kings "?
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Where then are your wise men ?
Let them tell you and make known what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt .
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The princes of Zo '
an have become fools ,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded ;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray .
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The LORD has mingled within her a spirit of confusion ;
and they have made Egypt stagger in all her doings as a drunken man staggers in his vomit .
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And there will be nothing for Egypt which head or tail ,
palm branch or reed ,
may do .
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In that day the Egyptians will be like women ,
and tremble with fear before the hand which the LORD of hosts shakes over them .