Shall not the land tremble for this, and every one mourn that dwells in it? and it shall rise up wholly as the river; and it shall be cast out and drowned, as by the river of Egypt.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Altogether. Septuagint, "its total ruin shall rise as a river. "
Egypt. The whole land shall be visited with misery, as Egypt is by the Nile. (Haydock)
The enemy shall retire with the booty. The Nile overflows in summer, and covers Egypt for six weeks, carrying much earth with its impetuous waves, Isaias xviii. 2.
