Ezekiel 29:3–8

3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:

c“Behold, I am against you,

O Pharaoh king of Egypt,

O great dmonster who lies in the midst of his rivers,

eWho has said, ‘My 1River is my own;

I have made it for myself.’

4 But fI will put hooks in your jaws,

And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;

I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,

And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

You and all the fish of your rivers;

You shall fall on the 2open gfield;

hYou shall not be picked up or 3gathered.

iI have given you as food

To the beasts of the field

And to the birds of the heavens.

6 “Then all the inhabitants of Egypt

Shall know that I am the Lord,

Because they have been a jstaff of reed to the house of Israel.

7 kWhen they took hold of you with the hand,

You broke and tore all their 4shoulders;

When they leaned on you,

You broke and made all their backs quiver.”

8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring la sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.