Ezekiel 29:3–9

³Tell him, ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: 

I’m against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. 

You are like a monster crocodile lying in the Nile River. 

You say, “The Nile River is mine. I made it for myself.” 

⁴“ ‘I will put hooks in your jaws 

and make the fish in the Nile River stick to your scales. 

I will pull you out of your river 

with all the fish in the Nile sticking to your scales. 

⁵I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish from the Nile. 

You will fall in an open field. 

No one will pick you up or bury you. 

I will feed you to wild animals and birds. 

⁶Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord. 

Egypt, you have become like a ⸤broken⸥ walking stick 

to the nation of Israel. 

⁷When Israel grabbed you, you splintered and tore up their shoulders. 

When they leaned on you, you broke, and they wrenched their backs. 

⁸“ ‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am going to attack you with a sword. I will kill people and animals. ⁹Egypt will become a wasteland and a pile of rubble. Then you will know that I am the Lord. You said, “The Nile River is mine. I made it.”