In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day, God’s Message came to me: “Son of man, confront Pharaoh king of Egypt. Preach against him and all the Egyptians. Tell him, ‘God, the Master, says:“‘Watch yourself, Pharaoh, king of Egypt.I’m dead set against you,You lumbering old dragon,lolling and flaccid in the Nile,Saying, “It’s my Nile.I made it. It’s mine.”I’ll set hooks in your jaw;I’ll make the fish of the Nile stick to your scales.I’ll pull you out of the Nile,with all the fish stuck to your scales.Then I’ll drag you out into the desert,you and all the Nile fish sticking to your scales.You’ll lie there in the open, rotting in the sun,meat to the wild animals and carrion birds.Everybody living in Egyptwill realize that I am God.