1 Ten years after King Jehoiachin and the rest of us had been led away as prisoners to Babylonia, the Lord spoke to me on the twelfth day of the tenth month. He said:
2 Ezekiel, son of man, condemn the king of Egypt. Tell him and his people
3 that I am saying:King of Egypt, you were like a giant crocodile lying in a river. You acted as though you owned the Nile and made it for yourself. But now I, the Lord God, am your enemy!
4 I will put a hook in your jaw and pull you out of the water, and all the fish in your river will stick to your scaly body.
5 I'll throw you and the fish into the desert, and your body will fall on the hard ground. You will be left unburied, and wild animals and birds will eat your flesh.
6 Then everyone in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.You and your nation refused to help the people of Israel and were nothing more than a broken stick.