¹¹ Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh?^(A)
    Can reeds^(B) thrive without water?

⁵ The waters of the river will dry up,^(A)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.^(B)
6 The canals will stink;^(C)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(D)
The reeds^(E) and rushes will wither,^(F)
7     also the plants^(G) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(H) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(I)