Holy Scripture
Isaiah 19:7
A church father on this verse
“(Verses 5-7) And the water of the sea shall dry up, and the river shall be desolate and dry, and the streams shall diminish and dry up the water-courses. The reed and the rush shall wither, the channel of the river shall be laid bare and all the irrigated seed shall dry up, wither, and not exist. It is natural that wh…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
7And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.
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5And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the river shall fail, and be dried up.
6And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.
— Isaiah 19:7 —
8And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.
9And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make fine linen.