Egyptriseslike the Nile,Even like the riverswhose waterssurgeabout; And He has said,"I will riseand cover[that] land;I will surely destroythe cityand its inhabitants."
"Speakand say,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"Behold,I am againstyou, Pharaohkingof Egypt,The greatmonsterthat liesin the midstof his rivers,That has said,'My Nileis mine, and I myselfhave made[it].'
"Sonof man,takeup a lamentationoverPharaohkingof Egyptand sayto him, 'You comparedyourself to a younglionof the nations,Yet you are like the monsterin the seas;And you burstforthin your riversAnd muddiedthe waterswith your feetAnd fouledtheir rivers.'"
"His sonswill mobilizeand assemblea multitudeof greatforces;and one of them will keepon comingand overflowand passthrough,that he may againwagewarup to his [very] fortress.
"Becauseof thiswill not the landquakeAnd everyonewho dwellsin it mourn?Indeed, allof it will riseup like the Nile,And it will be tossedaboutAnd subsidelike the Nileof Egypt.
