“The waters of the Nile
Will be dried up.
The river
Will be parched.
It will be dry.
Its canals will become foul.
The branches of Egypt’s Nile
Will diminish.
They will dry up.
Reeds will rot away.
Rushes will rot away.
There will be bare places
By the Nile,
On the brink of the Nile.
All that is sown
By the Nile
Will dry up.
It will be driven away.
It will be no more.
The fishermen will mourn.
All who cast hooks
In the Nile
Will lament.
Those who spread nets
On the water
Will languish.
The workers in flax
Will be in despair.
The carders,
Those at the loom,
Will grow pale.
The weavers
Will be dismayed.
All who work for wages
Will be grieved.”
Next this oracle takes on a river, the Nile River. The waters will dry up with dire consequences to follow. The Nile River canals and branches will be foul smelling like dry wells. All the reeds, rushes, and plants along the river will dry up and rot away also. The fishermen will have a problem, since their hooks and nets will not catch anything. The flax and cotton looms will be useless. The weavers will be distraught. In fact, anyone who works for any kind of wages will be upset since the Nile River was so important for all kinds of commerce in Egypt.