1. In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth of the month, the word of יהוה came to me, saying,
2. “Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh the sovereign of Mitsrayim, and prophesy against him, and against Mitsrayim, all of it.
3. “Speak, and you shall say, ‘Thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am against you, O Pharaoh sovereign of Mitsrayim, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, ‘My River is my own, and I, I have made it for myself.’
4. “And I shall put hooks in your jaws, and I shall make the fish of your rivers cling to your scales. And I shall bring you up out of the midst of your rivers, and all the fish in your rivers cling to your scales.
5. “And I shall leave you in the wilderness, you and all the fish of your rivers. On the face of the field you shall fall, and you shall not be picked up or gathered. I shall give you as food to the beasts of the field and to the birds of the heavens.
6. “And all the inhabitants of Mitsrayim shall know that I am יהוה, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Yisra’ĕl.
7. “When they grasped you with the hand, you broke and tore all their shoulders. When they leaned on you, you broke and made all their loins shake.”
8. ‘Therefore thus said the Master יהוה, “See, I am bringing a sword upon you and shall cut off from you man and beast.
9. “And the land of Mitsrayim shall become a desert and a waste. And they shall know that I am יהוה, because he said, ‘The River is mine, and I have made it.’
10. “Therefore see, I am against you and against your rivers, and shall make the land of Mitsrayim an utter waste and a desert, from Mig̅dol to Sewĕnĕh, as far as the border of Kush.
11. “No foot of man shall pass through it, nor foot of beast pass through it, neither shall it be inhabited for forty years.