Eze 29:1-16 (NIV)

29¹In the tenth year, in the tenth month on the twelfth day, the word of the Lord came to me: ²"Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. ³Speak to him and say:'This is what the Sovereign Lord says:

"'I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt,
you great monster lying among your streams.
You say, "The Nile is mine; I made it for myself."
⁴But I will put hooks in your jaws
and make the fish of your streams
stick to your scales.
I will pull you out from among your streams,
with all the fish sticking to your scales.
⁵I will leave you in the desert,
you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field
and not be gathered or picked up.
I will give you as food to the beasts of the earth
and the birds of the air.

⁶Then all who live in Egypt will know that I am the Lord.

"'You have been a staff of reed for the house of Israel. ⁷When they grasped you with their hands, you splintered and you tore open their shoulders; when they leaned on you, you broke and their backs were wrenched.

⁸ "'Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I will bring a sword against you and kill your men and their animals. ⁹Egypt will become a desolate wasteland. Then they will know that I am the Lord.

"'Because you said, "The Nile is mine; I made it," ¹⁰therefore I am against you and against your streams, and I will make the land of Egypt a ruin and a desolate waste from Migdol to Aswan, as far as the border of Cush. ¹¹No foot of man or animal will pass through it; no-one will live there for forty years. ¹²I will make the land of Egypt desolate among devastated lands, and her cities will lie desolate for forty years among ruined cities. And I will disperse the Egyptians among the nations and scatter them through the countries.

¹³"'Yet this is what the Sovereign Lord says: At the end of forty years I will gather the Egyptians from the nations where they were scattered. ¹⁴I will bring them back from captivity and return them to Upper Egypt, the land of their ancestry. There they will be a lowly kingdom. ¹⁵It will be the lowliest of kingdoms and will never again exalt itself above the other nations. I will make it so weak that it will never again rule over the nations. ¹⁶Egypt will no longer be a source of confidence for the people of Israel but will be a reminder of their sin in turning to her for help. Then they will know that I am the Sovereign Lord.'"