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The grass by the side of the Nile and all that is planted by the Nile will become dry, will be driven away, and be no more. The fishermen will cry in sorrow. All those who fish for a living in the Nile River will be filled with sorrow. And those who put out nets on its waters will become weak. Those who make linen and white cloth will be very troubled.

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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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