3 The Egyptians will be afraid,and I will ruin their plans.They will ask advice from their idols and spirits of the dead,from their mediums and fortune-tellers.”
4 The Lord God All-Powerful says,“I will hand Egypt over to a hard master,and a powerful king will rule over them.”
5 The sea will become dry,and the water will disappear from the Nile River.
6 The canals will stink;the streams of Egypt will decrease and dry up.All the water plants will rot;
7 all the plants along the banks of the Nile will die.Even the planted fields by the Nilewill dry up, blow away, and disappear.
8 The fishermen, all those who catch fish from the Nile,will groan and cry;those who fish in the Nile will be sad.
9 All the people who make cloth from flax will be sad,and those who weave linen will lose hope.