5. I will leave you and all your fishstranded in the wilderness to die.You will lie unburied on the open ground,for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.
6. All the people of Egypt will know that I am the lord,for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.
7. When Israel leaned on you,you splintered and brokeand stabbed her in the armpit.When she put her weight on you,you collapsed, and her legs gave way.
8. “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals.
9. The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the lord.“Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,’
10. I am now the enemy of both you and your river. I will make the land of Egypt a totally desolate wasteland, from Migdol to Aswan, as far south as the border of Ethiopia.