1In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
2Son of man, let your face be turned against Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and be a prophet against him and against all Egypt:
3Say to them, These are the words of the Lord: See, I am against you, Pharaoh, king of Egypt, the great river-beast stretched out among his Nile streams, who has said, The Nile is mine, and I have made it for myself.
4And I will put hooks in your mouth, and the fish of your streams will be hanging from your skin; and I will make you come up out of your streams, with all the fish of your streams hanging from your skin.
5And I will let you be in the waste land, you and all the fish of your streams: you will go down on the face of the land; you will not be taken up or put to rest in the earth; I have given you for food to the beasts of the field and the birds of the heaven.
6And it will be clear to all the people of Egypt that I am the Lord, because you have been a false support to the children of Israel.
7When they took a grip of you in their hands, you were crushed so that their arms were broken: and when they put their weight on you for support, you were broken and all their muscles gave way.
