Speak, and say, Thussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am againstthee, Pharaohking of Egypt, the greatdragonthatlieth in the midst of his rivers, whichhathsaid, My river is mine own, and I havemade it for myself.
But I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I willcause the fish of thy rivers to stickunto thy scales, and I willbringthee up out of the midst of thy rivers, and all the fish of thy riversshallstickunto thy scales.
And I willleavetheethrowninto the wilderness, thee and all the fish of thy rivers: thoushaltfallupon the openfields; thoushalt not be broughttogether, nor gathered: I havegiventhee for meat to the beasts of the field and to the fowls of the heaven.
Whentheytookhold of thee by thy hand, thoudidstbreak, and rend all theirshoulder: and whentheyleaneduponthee, thoubrakest, and madest all theirloins to be at a stand.
Behold, therefore I am againstthee, and against thy rivers, and I willmake the land of Egyptutterlywaste and desolate, from the tower of Syeneevenunto the border of Ethiopia.
And I willmake the land of Egyptdesolate in the midst of the countriesthat are desolate, and her citiesamong the citiesthat are laidwasteshall be desolatefortyyears: and I willscatter the Egyptiansamong the nations, and willdispersethemthrough the countries.
And I willbringagain the captivity of Egypt, and willcausethem to returninto the land of Pathros, into the land of theirhabitation; and theyshall be there a basekingdom.
It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neithershall it exaltitself any moreabove the nations: for I willdiminishthem, thattheyshall no moreruleover the nations.
And it shall be no more the confidence of the house of Israel, whichbringeththeiriniquity to remembrance, whentheyshalllookafterthem: but theyshallknowthat I am the Lord GOD.
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzarking of Babyloncaused his army to serve a greatserviceagainstTyrus: everyhead was madebald, and everyshoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the servicethat he had servedagainst it:
Thereforethussaith the Lord GOD; Behold, I willgive the land of EgyptuntoNebuchadrezzarking of Babylon; and he shalltake her multitude, and take her spoil, and take her prey; and it shall be the wages for his army.
In that day will I cause the horn of the house of Israel to bud forth, and I willgivethee the opening of the mouth in the midst of them; and theyshallknowthat I am the LORD.