The [a](A)canals will emit a stench,
The [b](B)streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
(C)The reeds and rushes will rot away.
The bulrushes by the (D)Nile, by the [c]edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
And the (E)fishermen will grieve,
And all those who cast a [d]line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:6 Lit rivers
  2. Isaiah 19:6 Or Nile branches; i.e., the delta
  3. Isaiah 19:7 Or mouth
  4. Isaiah 19:8 Lit hook

The canals will stink;(A)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(B)
The reeds(C) and rushes will wither,(D)
    also the plants(E) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(F) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(G)
The fishermen(H) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(I) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.

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