Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says:
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers,
that has said, ‘My river is my own,
and I have made it for myself.’
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
Ezekiel 29:3 in context
Ezekiel 29:1–6
1
In the tenth year, in the tenth month, on the twelfth day of the month, the LORD’s word came to me, saying,
2
“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt, and prophesy against him and against all Egypt.
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Speak and say, ‘The Lord GOD says:
“Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
the great monster that lies in the middle of his rivers,
that has said, ‘My river is my own,
and I have made it for myself.’
4
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.
5
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.
6
“‘“All the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the LORD, because they have been a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
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