¹⁷ Thus says the Lord: “By this ^(A)you shall know that I am the Lord. Behold, I will strike the waters which are in the river with the rod that is in my hand, and ^(B)they shall be turned ^(C)to blood. ¹⁸ And the fish that are in the river shall die, the river shall stink, and the Egyptians will ^(D)loathe^[a] to drink the water of the river.” ’ ”