Ezekiel 29:4-5

29:4 I will put hooks in your jaws

and stick the fish of your waterways to your scales.

I will haul you up from the midst of your waterways,

and all the fish of your waterways will stick to your scales.

29:5 I will leave you in the wilderness,

you and all the fish of your waterways;

you will fall in the open field and will not be gathered up or collected. ¹ 

I have given you as food to the beasts of the earth and the birds of the skies.

Ezekiel 29:19

29:19 Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am about to give the land of Egypt to King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon. He will carry off her wealth, capture her loot, and seize her plunder; it will be his army’s wages.

Ezekiel 32:11-16

32:11 “‘For this is what the sovereign Lord says:

“‘The sword of the king of Babylon ²  will attack ³  you.

32:12 By the swords of the mighty warriors I will cause your hordes to fall –

all of them are the most terrifying among the nations.

They will devastate the pride of Egypt,

and all its hordes will be destroyed.

32:13 I will destroy all its cattle beside the plentiful waters;

and no human foot will disturb ⁴  the waters ⁵  again,

nor will the hooves of cattle disturb them.

32:14 Then I will make their waters calm, ⁶ 

and will make their streams flow like olive oil, declares the sovereign Lord.

32:15 When I turn the land of Egypt into desolation

and the land is destitute of everything that fills it,

when I strike all those who live in it,

then they will know that I am the Lord.’

32:16 This is a lament; they will chant it.

The daughters of the nations will chant it.

They will chant it over Egypt and over all her hordes,

declares the sovereign Lord.”

[29:5]  ¹ tc Some Hebrew mss, the Targum, and the LXX read “buried.”

[32:11]  ² sn The king of Babylon referred to here was Nebuchadnezzar (Ezek 21:19).

[32:11]  ³ tn Heb “approach.”

[32:13]  ⁴ tn Heb “muddy.”

[32:13]  ⁵ tn Heb “them,” that is, the waters mentioned in the previous line. The translation clarifies the referent.

[32:14]  ⁶ tn Heb “sink,” that is, to settle and become clear, not muddied.