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“Son of Man, turn your attention to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and the entire nation of Egypt. Tell him that this is what the Lord God says:

‘Watch out! I’m coming to get[a] you,
    Pharaoh, king of Egypt!
You big monster!
    You lay in wait in the middle of your waterways[b] and say,
“My waterways belong to me!
    I made them for myself!”

‘So I’m going to plant a hook in your jaw
    and make the fish in your waterways grab hold of your scales.
I’ll bring you up out of the middle of your waterways,
    along with all of the fish from your waterways that cling to your scales,

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 29:3 Lit. I’m against
  2. Ezekiel 29:3 Or Nile; i.e. the Nile River, and so throughout the chapter