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The river-plants on the banks of the Nile
and everything sown near the Nile
will dry up, blow away and be no more.
Fishermen too will lament,
all who cast hooks in the Nile will mourn,
those who spread nets on the water lose heart.
The linen-workers will be in despair,
along with the weavers of white cotton;

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    also the plants(A) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(B) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(C)
The fishermen(D) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(E) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(F) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(G) will lose hope.

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