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Ezekiel 29:5
I will leave you in the desert,
from A Prophecy against Pharaoh, Ezekiel 29:1-7
What it says

Pharaoh and the fish of the river will be cast into the wilderness and left unburied as food for beasts and birds.

What it is doing

This verse strips Egypt's grandeur down to exposed carcass imagery.

In context

1In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying, 2“Son of man, set your face against Pharaoh king of Egypt and prophesy against him and against all Egypt. 3Speak to him and tell him that this is what the Lord GOD says: 4But I will put hooks in your jaws 5I will leave you in the desert, 6Then all the people of Egypt 7When Israel took hold of you with their hands,