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There will be bare places by the Nile,
    on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will dry up,
    be driven away, and be no more.
The fishermen will mourn and lament,
    all who cast hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
    who spread nets upon the water.
The workers in combed flax will be in despair,
    and the weavers of white cotton.

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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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