Ezekiel 29:3–9

³Speak, 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.’

⁴But ^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.

⁵I 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.

^7kWhen 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. ⁹And the land of Egypt shall become ^mdesolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’