5. I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams.You will fall on the open groundand will not be taken awayor gathered for burial. I have given youto the beasts of the earthand the birds of the sky as food.
6. Then all the inhabitants of Egyptwill know that I am Yahweh,for they have been a staff made of reedto the house of Israel.
7. When Israel grasped you by the hand,you splintered, tearing all their shoulders;when they leaned on you,you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.
8. “Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and wipe out man and animal from you.
9. The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’