Ezekiel 29:3–9

³Speak to him and say, ‘This is what the Lord God says:

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

the great monster^Ab lying in the middle of his Nile,

who says, “My Nile is my own;

I made it for myself.”

⁴I will put hooks in your jaws^c

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.

⁵I 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

⁶“ ‘Then all the inhabitants of Egypt

will know that I am the Lord,

for they^B have been a staff made of reed

to the house of Israel.

⁷When Israel grasped you by the hand,

you splintered,^g tearing all their shoulders;

when they leaned on you,

you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.^C

⁸“ ‘Therefore, this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword^h against you and cut off both people and animals from you. ⁹The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin.ⁱ Then they will know that I am the Lord. Because you^D said, “The Nile is my own; I made it,”