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I will put hooks in your jaws,
    and I will make the fish of your rivers stick to your scales.
I will bring you up out of the middle of your rivers,
    with all the fish of your rivers which stick to your scales.
I’ll cast you out into the wilderness,
    you and all the fish of your rivers.
You’ll fall on the open field.
    You won’t be brought together or gathered.
I have given you for food to the animals of the earth
    and to the birds of the sky.

“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Yahweh, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.

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But I will put hooks(A) 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.(B)
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(C) or picked up.
I will give you as food
    to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the sky.(D)

Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

“‘You have been a staff of reed(E) for the people of Israel.

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