Isaiah 19:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁴I will deliver the Egyptians
into the hand of a hard master;
a fierce king will rule over them,
says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts.^(A)

⁵The waters of the Nile will be dried up,
and the river will be parched and dry;^(B)
⁶its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up.
Reeds and rushes will rot away,^(C)