4 I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master—a fierce king will rule over them. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
5 The waters from the sea will dry up, and the river will be drained dry.
6 Then the channels will stink. The streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will rot.
7 The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, and everything sown by the Nile will wither, blow away and be no more.
8 Then the fishermen will lament. All who cast hooks in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
9 Moreover the workers of fine flax, and the weavers of white cloth will be ashamed.
10 Her pillars will be crushed, All hired workers will be grieved in soul.