Ezekiel 29:3-5

New International Reader's Version

“ ‘ “Pharaoh Hophra, I am against you.
    King of Egypt, you are like a huge monster
    lying among your streams.
You say, ‘The Nile River belongs to me.
    I made it for myself.’
⁴ But I will put hooks in your jaws.
    I will make the fish in your streams
    stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams.
    All the fish will stick to your scales.
⁵ I will leave you out in the desert.
    All the fish in your streams
    will be there with you.
You will fall down in an open field.
    You will not be picked up.
I will feed you to the wild animals
    and to the birds in the sky.