Egypt rises like the Nile, and its waters churn like rivers. He boasts, ‘I will go up, I will cover the earth; I will destroy cities with their residents.’
‘Son of man, lament for Pharaoh king of Egypt and say to him, “You compare yourself to a lion of the nations, but you are like a monster , in the seas. You thrash about in your rivers, churn up the waters with your feet, and muddy the rivers.
Speak to him and say, “This is what the Lord God says: Look, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great monster , lying in the middle of his Nile, who says, ‘My Nile is my own; I made it for myself.’
‘His sons will mobilise for war and assemble a large number of armed forces. They will advance, sweeping through like a flood, , and will again wage war as far as his fortress.
Because of this, won’t the land quake and all who dwell in it mourn? All of it will rise like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt.