And [were] on manywaters.The grainof the Nile,the harvestof the Riverwas her revenue;And she was the marketof nations.
So DavidassembledallIsraeltogether, from the Shihorof Egypteven to the entranceof Hamath,to bringthe arkof Godfrom Kiriath-jearim.
The bulrushesby the Nile,by the edgeof the NileAnd allthe sownfieldsby the NileWill becomedry,be drivenaway,and be nomore.
Whohas plannedthisagainstTyre,the bestowerof crowns,Whosemerchantswere princes,whosetraderswere the honoredof the earth?
How blessedwill you be, you who sowbesideallwaters,Who letout freelythe oxand the donkey.
"But nowwhatare you doing on the roadto Egypt,To drinkthe watersof the Nile?Or whatare you doing on the roadto Assyria,To drinkthe watersof the Euphrates?
When your wareswentout from the seas,You satisfiedmanypeoples;With the abundanceof your wealthand your merchandiseYou enrichedthe kingsof earth.
"By your wisdomand understandingYou have acquiredrichesfor yourself And have acquiredgoldand silverfor your treasuries.
"Sinceyou have takenMy silverand My gold,broughtMy precioustreasuresto your temples,
"For the land,into whichyou are enteringto possessit, is not like the landof Egyptfrom whichyou came,whereyou used to sowyour seedand waterit with your footlike a vegetablegarden.
from the Shihorwhichis eastof Egypt,even as faras the borderof Ekronto the north(it is countedas Canaanite);the fivelordsof the Philistines:the Gazite,the Ashdodite,the Ashkelonite,the Gittite,the Ekronite;and the Avvite
