The Lord will divide the gulf of the Egyptian Sea; he will wave his hand over the Euphrates River and send a strong wind, he will turn it into seven dried-up streams, and enable them to walk across in their sandals.

For the waters of Nimrim are gone; the grass is dried up, the vegetation has disappeared, and there are no plants.

For the fields of Heshbon are dried up, as well as the vines of Sibmah. The rulers of the nations trample all over its vines, which reach Jazer and spread to the desert; their shoots spread out and cross the sea.

The water of the sea will be dried up, and the river will dry up and be empty.

The earth dries up and withers, the world shrivels up and withers; the prominent people of the earth fade away.

The new wine dries up, the vines shrivel up, all those who like to celebrate groan.

The land dries up and withers away; the forest of Lebanon shrivels up and decays. Sharon is like the desert; Bashan and Carmel are parched.

I dug wells and drank water. With the soles of my feet I dried up all the rivers of Egypt.'

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, when the wind sent by the Lord blows on them. Surely humanity is like grass.

The grass dries up, the flowers wither, but the decree of our God is forever reliable."

No foreigner who becomes a follower of the Lord should say, 'The Lord will certainly exclude me from his people.' The eunuch should not say, 'Look, I am like a dried-up tree.'"