Isaiah 19:6

New American Bible - revised edition

Its streams shall become foul, and the canals of Egypt shall dwindle and parch. Reeds and rushes shall wither away,

Cross References

Genesis 41:2

when up out of the Nile came seven cows, fine-looking and fat; they grazed in the reed grass.

2 Kings 19:24

I myself dug wells and drank foreign waters, Drying up all the rivers of Egypt beneath the soles of my feet.’

Job 8:11

Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the reed grass flourish without water?

Job 8:12

While it is yet green and uncut, it withers quicker than any grass.

Exodus 2:3

But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket, daubed it with bitumen and pitch, and putting the child in it, placed it among the reeds on the bank of the Nile.

Exodus 7:18

The fish in the Nile will die, and the Nile itself will stink so that the Egyptians will be unable to drink water from the Nile.

Isaiah 15:6

The waters of Nimrim have become a waste, The grass is withered, new growth is gone, nothing is green.

Isaiah 18:2

Sending ambassadors by sea, in papyrus boats on the waters! Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and bronzed, To a people dreaded near and far, a nation strong and conquering, whose land is washed by rivers.

Isaiah 37:25

I myself dug wells and drank foreign water; Drying up all the rivers of Egypt beneath the soles of my feet.’

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No-amon that was set among the Nile’s canals, Surrounded by waters, with the river for her rampart and water for her wall?