Catholic Public Domain Version
"And the rivers will fail. The streams of its banks will diminish and dry up. The reed and the bulrush will wither away. "
— Isaiah 19:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
“And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away. ”
“The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.”
“The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and then dry up; the bulrushes and reeds will decay,”
“And the rivers shall fail: the streams of the banks shall be diminished, and be dried up. The reed and the bulrush shall wither away.”
“And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water-plants will come to nothing.”
“And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.”
And the spirit of Egypt will be ruptured to its very core. And I will cast down their plan violently. And they will seek answers from their false images, and their diviners, and those led by demons, and their seers.
And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king will dominate them, says the Lord, the God of hosts.
And the waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be desolate and dry.
And the rivers will fail. The streams of its banks will diminish and dry up. The reed and the bulrush will wither away.
The channel of the river will be stripped down to its source, and everything irrigated by it will dry up and wither and be no more.
And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish.
Those who work with linen, combing and weaving fine textiles, will be confounded.