and its canals will become foul,
    and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
    reeds and rushes will rot away.

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The canals will stink;(A)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(B)
The reeds(C) and rushes will wither,(D)

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The (A)fishermen will mourn and lament,
    all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
    who spread nets on the water.

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The fishermen(A) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(B) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.

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10 Those who are the (A)pillars of the land will be crushed,
    and all who (B)work for pay will be grieved.

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10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

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