1. On the twelfth day of the tenth month of the tenth year of exile, the word of the Lord came to me. He said,
2. “Son of man, look toward Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Speak for me against him and Egypt.
3. Say, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: “‘I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt. You are the great monster lying beside the Nile River. You say, “This is my river! I made this river!”