4. The Lord GOD All-Powerful says, “I will give Egypt to a hard master. A powerful king will rule over the people.”
5. The water in the Nile River will dry up and disappear.
6. All the rivers will smell very bad. The canals in Egypt will be dry, and the water will be gone. All the water plants will rot.
7. All the plants along the riverbanks will die and blow away. Even the plants at the widest part of the river will dry up, blow away, and disappear.
8. The fishermen, all those who catch fish from the Nile River, will become sad and they will cry. They depend on the Nile River for their food, but it will be dry.
9. Those who make cloth from flax, who weave it into linen, will all be sad.
10. Those who weave cloth will be broken, and those who work for money will be depressed.
11. The leaders of the city of Zoan are fools. Pharaoh’s “wise advisors” give bad advice. They say they are wise. They say they are from the old family of the kings, but they are not as smart as they think.
12. Egypt, where are your wise men? They should learn what the Lord All-Powerful has planned for Egypt. They should be the ones to tell you what will happen.
13. The leaders of Zoan have been fooled. The leaders of Noph have believed lies, so they lead Egypt the wrong way.
14. The Lord confused them, so they wander around and lead Egypt the wrong way. Everything they do is wrong. They are like drunks rolling in their vomit.