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Speak and say, ‘Thus says Lord Yahweh,

“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
The great [a](A)monster that lies in the midst of his canals of the Nile,
That (B)has said, ‘My Nile is mine, and I myself have made it.’
I will put (C)hooks in your jaws
And make the fish of your canals of the Nile cling to your scales.
And I will bring you up out of the midst of your canals of the Nile,
And all the fish of your canals of the Nile will cling to your scales.
I will (D)abandon you to the wilderness, you and all the fish of your canals of the Nile;
You will fall on the [b]open field; you will not be brought together or [c](E)gathered.
I have given you for (F)food to the beasts of the earth and to the birds of the sky.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:3 Lit tannim
  2. Ezekiel 29:5 Lit faces of the field
  3. Ezekiel 29:5 Targum and several mss buried

Speak to him and say: ‘This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

“‘I am against you, Pharaoh(A) king of Egypt,
    you great monster(B) lying among your streams.
You say, “The Nile(C) belongs to me;
    I made it for myself.”
But I will put hooks(D) in your jaws
    and make the fish of your streams stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
    with all the fish sticking to your scales.(E)
I will leave you in the desert,
    you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
    and not be gathered(F) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.(G)

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