¹¹ Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?^(A)
    Can reeds^(B) thrive without water?

⁶ The canals will stink;^(A)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(B)
The reeds^(C) and rushes will wither,^(D)

⁷     also the plants^(A) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(B) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(C)