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I will leave you in the desert
—you and all the fish of your streams.
You will fall on the open field.
You will not be gathered or picked up.
I will give you as food for the beasts
of the earth and the birds of the sky.
Then all the inhabitants of Egypt
will know that I am Adonai,
because they were a staff of reed
to the house of Israel.
When they took hold of you by the hand,
you snapped and tore all their shoulders.
When they leaned on you,
you broke and wrenched all their hips.’”

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