⁸ Are you better than^(A) Thebes,^(B)
    situated on the Nile,^(C)
    with water around her?
The river was her defense,
    the waters her wall.

¹⁴ I will lay^(A) waste Upper Egypt,
    set fire to Zoan^(B)
    and inflict punishment on Thebes.^(C)
15 I will pour out my wrath on Pelusium,
    the stronghold of Egypt,
    and wipe out the hordes of Thebes.
¹⁶ I will set fire^(D) to Egypt;
    Pelusium will writhe in agony.
Thebes will be taken by storm;
    Memphis^(E) will be in constant distress.

“‘Who can be compared with you in majesty?
³ Consider Assyria,^(A) once a cedar in Lebanon,^(B)
    with beautiful branches overshadowing the forest;
it towered on high,
    its top above the thick foliage.^(C)

⁵ The waters of the river will dry up,^(A)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.^(B)
6 The canals will stink;^(C)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(D)
The reeds^(E) and rushes will wither,^(F)
7     also the plants^(G) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(H) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(I)
8 The fishermen^(J) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks^(K) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
⁹ Those who work with combed flax^(L) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen^(M) will lose hope.
¹⁰ The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.