Bible in Basic English
"For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am sending a sword on you, cutting off from you man and beast."
— Ezekiel 29:8, Bible in Basic English
“Therefore thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and cut off man and beast out of thee.”
“Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I will bring a sword upon thee, and will cut off from thee man and beast. ”
“Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: "Behold, I will bring a sword on you, and will cut off man and animal from you.”
And I will let you be in the waste land, you and all the fish of your streams: you will go down on the face of the land; you will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven.
And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel.
When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.
For this cause the Lord has said: See, I am sending a sword on you, cutting off from you man and beast.
And the land of Egypt will be an unpeopled waste; and they will be certain that I am the Lord: because he has said, The Nile is mine, and I made it.
See, then, I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt an unpeopled waste, from Migdol to Syene, even as far as the edge of Ethiopia.
No foot of man will go through it and no foot of beast, and it will be unpeopled for forty years.