⁷ The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by the wind, and will come to an end.

³ Who get in the seed of Shihor, whose wealth is the trade of the nations.

²⁰ Happy are you who are planting seed by all the waters, and sending out the ox and the ass.

⁴ Those who do work on the land are in fear, for there has been no rain on the land, and the farmers are shamed, covering their heads.

¹³ And now she is planted in the waste land, in a dry and unwatered country.

¹⁷ The grains have become small and dry under the spade; the store-houses are made waste, the grain-stores are broken down; for the grain is dry and dead.

¹⁸ What sounds of pain come from the beasts! the herds of cattle are at a loss because there is no grass for them; even the flocks of sheep are no longer to be seen.