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, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt;
3. speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: “Behold, I am against you,Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that liesin the midst of his streams, that says, ‘My Nile is my own;I made it for myself.’
4. I 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 streamsthat stick to your scales.
5. And I will cast you out into the wilderness,you and all the fish of your streams;you shall fall on the open field,and not be brought together or gathered.To the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the heavens I give you as food.
6. Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know that I am the Lord.“Because you have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel,
7. when they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins to shake.