And the Lord GOD of hosts is he that touches the land, and it shall melt, and all that dwell in it shall mourn: and it shall rise up wholly like the river; and shall be drowned, as by the river of Egypt.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
A river. Septuagint, "the river of Egypt "chap. viii. 8., and v. 24. (Calmet)
Grabe's edition has "its consummation (or utter ruin) shall rise up as a river. "(Haydock)