1. It was the tenth year of our captivity, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month. The Lord spoke his word to me, saying:
2. “Human, look toward the king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and all Egypt.
3. Say: ‘This is what the Lord God says:I am against you, king of Egypt.You are like a great crocodile that lies in the Nile River.You say, “The Nile is mine;I made it for myself.”
4. But I will put hooks in your jaws,and I will make the fish of the Nile stick to your sides.I will pull you up out of your rivers,with all the fish sticking to your sides.
5. I will leave you in the desert,you and all the fish from your rivers.You will fall onto the ground;you will not be picked up or buried.I have given you to the wild animalsand to the birds of the sky for food.
6. Then all the people who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.“ ‘Israel tried to lean on you for help, but you were like a crutch made out of a weak stalk of grass.
7. When their hands grabbed you, you splintered and tore open their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and made all their backs twist.
8. “ ‘So this is what the Lord God says: I will cause an enemy to attack you and kill your people and animals.