Ezekiel 29:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵ I will fling you into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your channels;
you shall fall in the open field,
    and not be gathered and buried.
To the animals of the earth and to the birds of the air
    I have given you as food.
⁶ Then all the inhabitants of Egypt shall know
    that I am the Lord
because you^[a] were a staff of reed
    to the house of Israel;
⁷ when they grasped you with the hand, you broke,
    and tore all their shoulders;
and when they leaned on you, you broke,
    and made all their legs unsteady.^[b]