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The Egyptians will ·be afraid [lose heart],
    and I will ·ruin their plans [confuse their counsel].
They will ·ask advice from [consult] their idols and spirits of the dead,
    from their mediums and ·fortune-tellers [magicians; necromancers].”
The Lord God ·All-Powerful [Almighty; of Heaven’s Armies; T of hosts] says,
“I will hand Egypt ·over to [L into the hand of] a hard master,
and a ·powerful [fierce] king will rule over them.”

The ·sea [or river; L waters] will become dry,
    and the ·water will disappear from the Nile River [L river will be parched and dry].

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The Egyptians will lose heart,(A)
    and I will bring their plans(B) to nothing;(C)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.(D)
I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(E) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

The waters of the river will dry up,(F)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(G)

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