Speak, and say, Thus says the Lord God: Behold, I am against you, Pharaoh king of Egypt, the great dragon that lies in the midst of his streams, and says, 'My Nile is my own; I made it,' introducing a mythological characterization of Pharaoh as a 'great dragon' (Heb. tannin), language that associates him with primordial chaos monsters in ancient Near Eastern cosmology. The location 'in the midst of his streams' references Egypt's absolute dependence on the Nile, suggesting that Pharaoh's identification with the river represents his ultimate source of power and pride. Pharaoh's claim 'My Nile is my own; I made it' represents theological presumption paralleling the king of Tyre's divinity claim: he attributes to himself the power to create or control nature.

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