7. Bare places by the Nile will be dried up, by the edge of the Nile and all the sown land of the Nile; it will be driven about, and it will be no more.
8. And the fishers will mourn, and all of those who cast fishhooks in the Nile will lament, and those who spread out fishing nets on the surface of the water will languish.
9. And the workers of combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white linen.
10. And her weavers will be crushed; all the hired workers will be grieved of heart.
11. Surely the princes of Zoan are foolish; the wise of the counselors of Pharaoh give senseless counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I myself am a son of sages, a descendant of ancient kings”?
12. Where are your sages then? Now, let them tell you, and let them know what Yahweh of hosts has planned against Egypt.