Will you show him partiality? Will you argue the case for God?

I will look after their welfare and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land and will not uproot them.

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,

“I will explain to you; listen to me, and what I have seen, I will declare,

Will it make numerous supplications to you, will it speak to you with tender words?

Will partners bargain for it? Will they divide it up among the merchants?

As for me, I will wait continually, and will continue to praise you.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.

“I will not abandon you as orphans, I will come to you.

and my anger will burn and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives will be widows and your children will be fatherless.

Your creditors will suddenly attack; those who terrify you will spring into action, and they will rob you.

No one will live there again; no one will ever reside there again. No bedouin will camp there, no shepherds will rest their flocks there.

I will walk among you, and I will be your God and you will be my people.

He will not grow rich, and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

He will not consider any compensation; he will not be willing, even if you multiply the compensation.

I will desolate Pathros, I will ignite a fire in Zoan, and I will execute judgments on Thebes.

I will reside among the Israelites, and I will be their God,

I will increase their disasters, I will use up my arrows on them.