2 “I will turn one Egyptian against another.They will fight—brother against brother,neighbor against neighbor,city against city,kingdom against kingdom.
3 The Egyptians will lose courage.I will unravel their plans.They will turn to idols, ghosts,mediums, and fortunetellers.
4 I will hand over the Egyptians to a harsh master.A strong king will rule them,”declares the Almighty Lord of Armies.
5 The water in the Nile River will be dried up,and the river will be dry and empty.
6 The canals will stink.Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up.The reeds and cattails will wither.
7 The rushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile,and all the fields planted beside the Nilewill dry up, be blown away, and disappear.
8 Fishermen will cry.All who cast their lines into the Nile will mourn.Those who spread their nets on the water will sigh.