6
The (a)(A)canals will emit a stench,
The (b)(B)streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
(C)The reeds and rushes will rot away.
7
The bulrushes by the (D)Nile, by the (c)edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8
And the (E)fishermen will lament,
And all those who cast a (d)line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will (e)pine away.

Footnotes:

a. Isaiah 19:6: ['Lit ', rivers]
b. Isaiah 19:6: ['Or ', Nile branches, '; i.e. the delta']
c. Isaiah 19:7: ['Or ', mouth]
d. Isaiah 19:8: ['Lit ', hook]
e. Isaiah 19:8: ['Or ', languish]

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