2 “Son of man, face Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all of Egypt.a 3 Speak to him and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great monsterA,b lying in the middle of his Nile,

who says, “My Nile is my own;

I made it for myself.”

4 I will put hooks in your jawsc

and make the fish of your streams

cling to your scales.

I will haul you up

from the middle of your Nile,

and all the fish of your streams

will cling to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the desert,d

you and all the fish of your streams.

You will fall on the open ground

and will not be taken away

or gathered for burial.e

I have given you

to the wild creatures of the earth

and the birds of the sky as food.f