5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish from the Nile.You will fall in an open field.No one will pick you up or bury you.I will feed you to wild animals and birds.
6 Then all those living in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.Egypt, you have become like a ⌊broken⌋ walking stickto the nation of Israel.
7 When Israel grabbed you, you splintered and tore up their shoulders.When they leaned on you, you broke, and they wrenched their backs.
8 “‘This is what the Almighty Lord says: I am going to attack you with a sword. I will kill people and animals.
9 Egypt will become a wasteland and a pile of rubble. Then you will know that I am the Lord. You said, “The Nile River is mine. I made it.”
10 That is why I’m against you and the Nile River. I will turn Egypt into a pile of rubble. It will become a wasteland, from Migdol to Syene, all the way to the border of Sudan.
11 No human or animal will walk through it, and no one will live there for 40 years.