Ezekiel 29:3–9

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

“ ‘I am against you, Pharaoh^t king of Egypt,

you great monster^u lying among your streams.

You say, “The Nile^v belongs to me;

I made it for myself.”

⁴But I will put hooks^w in your jaws

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

I will pull you out from among your streams,

with all the fish sticking to your scales.^x

⁵I will leave you in the desert,

you and all the fish of your streams.

You will fall on the open field

and not be gathered^y or picked up.

I will give you as food

to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.^z

⁶Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘You have been a staff of reed^a for the people of Israel. ⁷When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered^b and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.^ac

⁸“ ‘Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill both man and beast.^{d 9}Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“ ‘Because you said, “The Nile^e is mine; I made it,^f”