3 Speak, and say, ‘Thus says the Lord God:“Behold, I am against you,O Pharaoh king of Egypt,O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers,Who has said, ‘My River is my own;I have made it for myself.’
4 But I will put hooks in your jaws,And cause the fish of your rivers to stick to your scales;I will bring you up out of the midst of your rivers,And all the fish in your rivers will stick to your scales.
5 I will leave you in the wilderness,You and all the fish of your rivers;You shall fall on the open field;You shall not be picked up or gathered.I have given you as foodTo the beasts of the fieldAnd to the birds of the heavens.
6 “Then all the inhabitants of EgyptShall know that I am the Lord,Because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
7 When they took hold of you with the hand,You broke and tore all their shoulders;When they leaned on you,You broke and made all their backs quiver.”
8 ‘Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Surely I will bring a sword upon you and cut off from you man and beast.
9 And the land of Egypt shall become desolate and waste; then they will know that I am the Lord, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’