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Jeremiah 46:8

Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers, boasting, ‘I will rise and cover the earth; I will destroy the cities and their people.’

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ASV

Egypt riseth up like the Nile, and his waters toss themselves like the rivers: and he saith, I will rise up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities and the inhabitants thereof.

KJV

Egypt riseth up like a flood, and his waters are moved like the rivers; and he saith, I will go up, and will cover the earth; I will destroy the city and the inhabitants thereof.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙mitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
כַּיְאֹ֣רkay.'Orlike the RiverH2975 →
יַֽעֲלֶ֔הya.'a.Lehit risesH5927 →
וְכַנְּהָר֖וֹתve.kha.ne.ha.Rotand like <the> riversH5104 →
יִתְגֹּ֣עֲשׁוּyit.Go.'a.shuthey surgeH1607 →
מָ֑יִםMa.yimwatersH4325 →
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרvai.Yo.merand it has saidH559 →
אַֽעֲלֶה֙'a.'a.LehI will riseH5927 →
אֲכַסֶּה־'a.kha.seh-I will coverH3680 →
אֶ֔רֶץ'E.retz[the] earthH776 →
אֹבִ֥ידָה'o.Vi.dahI will destroyH6 →
עִ֖יר'ira cityH5892 →
וְיֹ֥שְׁבֵיve.Yo.she.veiand [the] inhabitantsH3427 →
בָֽהּ׃Vahin <the> it

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Amos 8:8Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.Ezekiel 32:2“Son of man, take up a lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him: ‘You are like a lion among the nations; you are like a monster in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churning up the waters with your feet and muddying the streams.’Exodus 15:9–10The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’Ezekiel 29:3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies among his rivers, who says, ‘The Nile is mine; I made it myself.’Isaiah 10:13–16For he says: ‘By the strength of my hand I have done this, and by my wisdom, for I am clever. I have removed the boundaries of nations and plundered their treasures; like a mighty one I subdued their rulers.Isaiah 37:24–26Through your servants you have taunted the Lord, and you have said: “With my many chariots I have ascended to the heights of the mountains, to the remote peaks of Lebanon. I have cut down its tallest cedars, the finest of its cypresses. I have reached its farthest heights, the densest of its forests.

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The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Prophet Jeremiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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