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The fishermen will lament, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn; and they who spread nets upon the waters will languish.

Moreover, they who work with combed flax and they who weave white [cotton] cloth will be confounded and in despair.

10 [Those who are] the pillars and foundations of Egypt will be crushed, and all those who work for hire or who build dams will be grieved.

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The fishermen(A) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(B) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(C) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(D) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

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