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A Babylonian worker weighs worn siege gear against grain and plain metal in a tent.
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Ezekiel 29:19-20

Egypt as wages

The Nile Boast and a Horn for Israel · Ezekiel 29

Story guide: The balance is a disclosed compensation metaphor, not a photographed transfer of spoils.

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19Therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am giving the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will carry off its multitude, plunder its spoil, and seize its booty; and it will be wages for his army.

20As his wages for which he labored against it, I have given him the land of Egypt, because they worked for me, declares the Lord GOD.

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