3 The Egyptians will lose heart,and I will bring their plans to nothing;they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,the mediums and the spiritists.
4 I will hand the Egyptians overto the power of a cruel master,and a fierce king will rule over them,’declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
5 The waters of the river will dry up,and the river bed will be parched and dry.
6 The canals will stink;the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.The reeds and rushes will wither,
7 also the plants along the Nile,at the mouth of the river.Every sown field along the Nilewill become parched, will blow away and be no more.
8 The fishermen will groan and lament,all who cast hooks into the Nile;those who throw nets on the waterwill pine away.
9 Those who work with combed flax will despair,the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.