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Son of man set your face against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against the whole of Egypt. Speak to him and say: Thus says the Lord:

Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh,
    king of Egypt,
you great crocodile
    lurking in the streams of the Nile,
you who claimed, “The Nile is mine;
    it is I who made it.”
I will put hooks through your jaws
    and cause the fish of your Nile
    to stick to your scales.
Then I will draw you up
    from the midst of its tributaries,
with all the fish of those channels
    clinging to your scales.

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“Son of man, set your face against(A) Pharaoh king of Egypt(B) and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.(C) Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh(D) king of Egypt,
    you great monster(E) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile(F) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”
But I will put hooks(G) in your jaws
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
    with all the fish sticking to your scales.(H)

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