Isaias

6 And the rivers shall stink, the canals of Mazor are emptied and parched up ; reed and flag wither.

7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and every sown field by the Nile, shall dry up, be driven away, and be no more.

8 And the fishers shall sigh, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the face of the waters shall languish.

9 And they that work combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be ashamed.

10 And her pillars shall be broken in pieces ; all that work for hire (shall be) grieved in soul.

11 Merely fools are the princes of Zoanf as for the wise counsellors of Pharaoh, counsel is become brutish; how can ye say unto Pharaoh, I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?

12 Where, then, are thy wise men? (and) let them declare now unto thee, and let them know, what the Lord of Hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.

13 The princes of Zoan are befooled, the princes of Noph are deceived: they have led Egypt astray, the cornerstone of her tribes.

14 The Lord hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have led Egypt astray in all his work, as a drunkard strays in his vomit.

15 Neither shall there be a work for Egypt, whichihead or tail, palm branch or rush, can do.

16 In that day shall Egypt be as women, and shall tremble and fear before the face of the waving of the hand of the Lord of Hosts, which he waveth over it.

17 And the land of Judah shall be for a terror to Egypt; whosoever maketh mention of it, unto him they turn in fear, before the purpose of the LORD of Hosts, which he purposeth concerning it.