29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws
and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.
I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,
and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.
29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,
you and all the fish of your waterways;
you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. 1
I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.
32:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says:
“‘The sword of the king of Babylon 2 will attack 3 you.
32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –
all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.
They will devastate the pride of Egypt,
and all its hordes will be destroyed.
32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;
and no human foot will disturb 4 the waters 5 again,
nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.
32:14 Then I will make their waters calm, 6
and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.
32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation
and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,
when I strike all those who live in it,
then they will know that I am the Lord.’
32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.
The daughters of the nations will chant it.
They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,
declares the sovereign Lord.”
1 tc Some Hebrew
2 sn The king of Babylon referred to here was Nebuchadnezzar (Ezek 21:19).
3 tn Heb “approach.”
4 tn Heb “muddy.”
5 tn Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.
6 tn Heb “sink,” that is, to settle and become clear, not muddied.