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# Egypt, this walking stick of crushed reed
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The speaker compares Egypt to a weak walking stick; you expect that it will support you when you lean on it, but instead it breaks and cuts you. Alternate translation: "Egypt, which is like a walking stick made from a crushed reed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# if a man leans ... and pierce it
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The speaker is extending the metaphor by describing what happens when a reed is used as a support. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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