1. It was the tenth year, in the tenth month of our captivity. It was on the twelfth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me. He said:
2. “Human being, look toward the king of Egypt. And prophesy against him and all Egypt.
3. Say: ‘This is what the Lord God says:I am against you, king of Egypt.You are like a great crocodile that lies in the Nile River.You say, “The Nile is mine.I made it for myself.”