4. and I will give over the Egyptiansinto the hand of a hard master,and a fierce king will rule over them,declares the Lord God of hosts.
5. And the waters of the sea will be dried up,and the river will be dry and parched,
6. and its canals will become foul,and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,reeds and rushes will rot away.
7. There will be bare places by the Nile,on the brink of the Nile,and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,will be driven away, and will be no more.
8. The fishermen will mourn and lament,all who cast a hook in the Nile;and they will languishwho spread nets on the water.