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And the bulrushes along the Nile,[a]
    along the mouth of the Nile,[b] will wither away.
All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched,
    and[c] they will be blown away;
        there will be nothing left.[d]
The fishermen will groan,
    and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament;
those who spread nets upon the water
    will become weaker and weaker.
The workers[e] in combed flax
    and the weavers of white linen
        will be in despair.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:7 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line
  2. Isaiah 19:7 Lit. the River
  3. Isaiah 19:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and
  4. Isaiah 19:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read and will be no more; LXX lacks this line
  5. Isaiah 19:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT LXX read And the workers