The Nile economy fails

5And the waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry.

6The rivers will stink; the canals of Egypt will dwindle and dry up; reed and rush will wither.

7The reeds along the Nile, along the bank of the Nile, and every sown field of the Nile will dry up, be driven away, and be no more.

8And the fishermen will lament, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn; those who spread a net over the waters will waste away.

9Those who work with combed flax will be ashamed, and those who weave white cloth.

10And her foundations will be crushed; all who work for wages will be grieved in soul.