5 The waters of the sea will dry up,and the river will be parched and dry.
6 The channels will stink;they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched.Reed and rush will die.
7 The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river,and all the cultivated areas of the Nilewill wither, blow away, and vanish.
8 Then the fishermen will mourn.All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,and those who spread nets on the water will shrivel up.
9 Those who work with flax will be dismayed; the combers and weavers will turn pale.
10 Egypt’s weavers will be dejected;all her wage earners will be demoralized.
11 The princes of Zoan are complete fools; Pharaoh’s wisest advisers give stupid advice!How can you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the wise,a student of eastern kings”?