⁵ The waters of the river will dry up,^(A)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.^(B)
6 The canals will stink;^(C)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(D)
The reeds^(E) and rushes will wither,^(F)
7     also the plants^(G) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(H) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(I)

⁹ Awake, awake,^(A) arm^(B) of the Lord,
    clothe yourself with strength!^(C)
Awake, as in days gone by,
    as in generations of old.^(D)
Was it not you who cut Rahab^(E) to pieces,
    who pierced that monster^(F) through?

¹⁰ Was it not you who dried up the sea,^(A)
    the waters of the great deep,^(B)
who made a road in the depths of the sea^(C)
    so that the redeemed^(D) might cross over?

“‘I will destroy the idols^(A)
    and put an end to the images in Memphis.^(B)
No longer will there be a prince in Egypt,^(C)
    and I will spread fear throughout the land.