Ezekiel 29:3–9

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

“Behold, I am against you,

Pharaoh king of Egypt,

the great dragon that lies

in the midst of his streams,

that says, ‘My Nile is my own;

I made it.’

⁴I will put 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

which stick to your scales.

⁵And I will cast you forth into the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your streams;

you shall fall upon the open field,

and not be gathered and buried.

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

I have given you as food.

⁶“Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord. Because you^u have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel; ⁷when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their loins to shake;^{v 8}therefore thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, 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. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because you^w said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’