²¹ Under the lotus plants it lies,
    hidden among the reeds^(A) in the marsh.^(B)

⁷ The burning sand will become a pool,
    the thirsty ground^(A) bubbling springs.^(B)
In the haunts where jackals^(C) once lay,
    grass and reeds^(D) and papyrus will grow.

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