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An Israelite traveler recoils as a reed staff splinters in his hand.
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Ezekiel 29:6-7

The broken reed staff

The Nile Boast and a Horn for Israel · Ezekiel 29

Story guide: The traveler is anonymous; the staff is the oracle’s alliance metaphor.

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6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they were a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

7When they took hold of you with their hand, you were crushed, and you split open every shoulder for them; and when they leaned on you, you were broken, and you made all their hips stand unsteadily.

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