Ezekiel 29:1-9 ▼

1 In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the LORD came to me:

2 |Son of man, turn toward Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.

3 Tell them, 'This is what the sovereign LORD says: |'Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster lying in the midst of its waterways, who has said, |My Nile is my own, I made it for myself.|

4 I will put hooks in your jaws and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales. I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways, and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

5 I will leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your waterways; you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the LORD because they were a reed staff for the house of Israel;

7 when they grasped you with their hand, you broke and tore their shoulders, and when they leaned on you, you splintered and caused their legs to be unsteady.

8 |'Therefore, this is what the sovereign LORD says: Look, I am about to bring a sword against you, and I will kill every person and every animal.

9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am the LORD. Because he said, |The Nile is mine and I made it,|