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# The waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will dry up and become empty
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Egyptians referred to the Nile River as "the sea." These two phrases mean basically the same thing. AT: "The Nile River will completely dry up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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# become foul
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"become foul-smelling" or "stink"
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# will dwindle
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"become smaller and smaller"
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# the reeds and flags will wither away
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"Reeds" and "flags" refer to two similar kinds of water plants. AT: "the plants along the river will die and decay"
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/water]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/nileriver]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]