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All the plants on the banks of the Nile
    and all the vegetation of the Nile
    will dry up, blow away, and vanish.
The fishermen will groan and mourn,
    all those who cast their hooks into the Nile,
while those who spread their nets on the water
    will lose heart.
The linen-workers will despair,
    as will the combers and weavers.

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    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)
The fishermen(D) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(E) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(F) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(G) will lose hope.

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