2 I will stir up Egypt against Egypt:brother will war against brother,Neighbor against neighbor,city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3 The courage of the Egyptians shall ebb away within them,and I will bring their counsel to nought;They shall consult idols and charmers, ghosts and clairvoyants.
4 I will deliver Egyptinto the power of a cruel master,A harsh king who shall rule over them—oracle of the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5 The waters shall be drained from the sea,the river shall parch and dry up;
6 Its streams shall become foul,and the canals of Egypt shall dwindle and parch.Reeds and rushes shall wither away,
7 and bulrushes on the bank of the Nile;All the sown land along the Nileshall dry up and blow away, and be no more.
8 The fishermen shall mourn and lament,all who cast hook in the Nile;Those who spread their nets in the watershall pine away.