Ezekiel 29:3–9

³speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God:

^o“Behold, I am against you,

Pharaoh king of Egypt,

^pthe great dragon that lies

in the midst of his streams,

^qthat says, ‘My Nile is my own;

I made it for myself.’

⁴I will ^rput hooks in your jaws,

and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales;

and I will draw you up out of the midst of your streams,

with all the fish of your streams

that stick to your scales.

^5sAnd I will cast you out into the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your streams;

you shall fall ^ton the open field,

and ^unot be brought together or gathered.

To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens

^sI give you as food.

⁶Then all the inhabitants of Egypt ^vshall know that I am the Lord.

“Because you¹ have been ^wa staff of reed to the house of Israel, ^7xwhen they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.^{2 8}Therefore thus says the Lord God: ^yBehold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast, ⁹and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. ^vThen they will know that I am the Lord.

^z“Because you³ said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’