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Its canals will emit a terrible stench,
    and its branches will diminish and dry up;
    reeds and rushes will wither away.
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.

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