Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I am against you, O Pharaoh king of Egypt, O great monster who lies in the midst of his rivers, who has said, My River is my own; I have made it for myself.

you say in your heart, My power and the might of my hand have acquired me this wealth.

But you shall remember Jehovah your God, for it is He who gives you power to acquire wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He has sworn to your fathers, as it is this day.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own imagination.

Do not overwork to be rich; cease from your own understanding.

Will you set your eyes on that which is not? For riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away like an eagle into the heavens.

I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, nor yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happens to them all.

Therefore they sacrifice to their net, and burn incense to their dragnet; because by them their portion is fat, and their food plentiful.

and Hamath also borders on it; Tyre and Sidon, though they are very wise.

Behold, the Lord will dispossess her, and He will strike her power in the sea, and she shall be devoured with fire.