Under [the] lotus tree it lies, in [the] hiding place of [the] reeds and [in the] marsh.

Can you put a rope in its nose? Or can you pierce its jawbone with a hook?

So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.

And {there will be nothing for Egypt to do}, head or tail, palm branch or reed.

Is [the] fast I choose like this, a day for humankind to humiliate {himself}? To bow his head like a reed, and {make} his bed [on] sackcloth and ashes; you call this a fast and a day of pleasure to Yahweh?

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

So Yahweh cut off head and tail from Israel, palm branch and reed [in] one day.

And {there will be nothing for Egypt to do}, head or tail, palm branch or reed.

But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him, and she coated it with tar and with pitch, and she placed the boy in it, and she placed [it] among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Can papyrus grow tall where [there is] not a marsh? Will reeds flourish without water?

that sends messengers by the sea and in vessels of papyrus on [the] surface of [the] waters! Go, swift messengers, to a {tall} and {smooth} nation, to a people feared {near and far}, a {mighty, mighty} and trampling nation, whose land rivers divide.

And the parched ground shall become pool, and [the] thirsty ground springs of water. Her resting place [is] in a settlement of jackals; [the] grass [shall become] like reeds and rushes.