Bare places shall be at the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, and everything sown by the Nile shall dry up, be driven away, and be no more.
And, behold! Seven cows were going up from the River, beautiful of appearance and fat of flesh; and they were feeding in the reeds.
Pass through your land as the Nile, O daughter of Tarshish; there is no girdle any more.
And by great waters, the seed of Sihor and the harvest of the Nile was her revenue; and she the mart of nations.
blessed are you who sow beside all waters, who send out the foot of the ox and the ass.
Because the ground was shattered, for there was no rain in the land; the plowmen were ashamed; they covered their head.
And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.