3 Give them this message from the Sovereign lord:“I am your enemy, O Pharaoh, king of Egypt—you great monster, lurking in the streams of the Nile.For you have said, ‘The Nile River is mine;I made it for myself.’
4 I will put hooks in your jawsand drag you out on the landwith fish sticking to your scales.
5 I will leave you and all your fishstranded in the wilderness to die.You will lie unburied on the open ground,for I have given you as food to the wild animals and birds.
6 All the people of Egypt will know that I am the lord,for to Israel you were just a staff made of reeds.
7 When Israel leaned on you,you splintered and brokeand stabbed her in the armpit.When she put her weight on you,you collapsed, and her legs gave way.
8 “Therefore, this is what the Sovereign lord says: I will bring an army against you, O Egypt, and destroy both people and animals.
9 The land of Egypt will become a desolate wasteland, and the Egyptians will know that I am the lord.“Because you said, ‘The Nile River is mine; I made it,’