Ezekiel 29:7-9

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁷ when they grasped you with the hand, you broke, and tore all their shoulders; and when they leaned upon you, you broke, and made all their loins to shake;^{[a] 8} therefore thus says the Lord God: Behold, I will bring a sword upon you, and will cut off from you man and beast; ⁹ and the land of Egypt shall be a desolation and a waste. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

“Because you^[b] said, ‘The Nile is mine, and I made it,’