3 The spirit of Egypt shall be discouraged in their midst,and I will destroy their counsel;then they shall seek for the idols and for the charmersand for the mediums and the sorcerers.
4 The Egyptians I will give overinto the hand of a cruel lord,and a fierce king shall rule over them,says the Lord, the Lord of Hosts.
5 The waters from the sea shall dry up,and the river shall be parched and dry.
6 The canals shall emit a stench;the streams of Egypt shall diminish and dry up;the reeds and rushes shall wither.
7 The papyrus reeds by the brooks,by the mouth of the brooks,and everything sown by the brooks,shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8 The fishermen also shall mourn,and all those who cast a line into the brooks shall lament,and those who spread nets on the watersshall languish.
9 Moreover those who work with fine flaxand those who weave white cloth shall be humiliated;