5 I will leave you in the desert, you and all the fish of your streams.You will fall on the open groundand will not be taken awayor gathered for burial. I have given youto the beasts of the earthand the birds of the sky as food.
6 Then all the inhabitants of Egyptwill know that I am Yahweh,for they have been a staff made of reedto the house of Israel.
7 When Israel grasped you by the hand,you splintered, tearing all their shoulders;when they leaned on you,you shattered and made all their hips unsteady.
8 “Therefore this is what the Lord God says: I am going to bring a sword against you and wipe out man and animal from you.
9 The land of Egypt will be a desolate ruin. Then they will know that I am Yahweh. Because you said, ‘The Nile is my own; I made it,’
10 therefore, I am against you and your Nile. I will turn the land of Egypt into ruins, a desolate waste from Migdol to Syene, as far as the border of Cush.
11 No human foot will pass through it, and no animal foot will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years.