以賽亞書19:5-10

19:5 海中的水必絕盡，河也消沒乾涸。
19:6 江河要變臭；埃及的河水都必減少枯乾。葦子和蘆荻都必衰殘；
19:7 靠尼羅河旁的草田，並沿尼羅河所種的田，都必枯乾。莊稼被風吹去，歸於無有。
19:8 打魚的必哀哭。在尼羅河一切釣魚的必悲傷；在水上撒網的必都衰弱。
19:9 用梳好的麻造物的和織白布的都必羞愧；
19:10 國柱必被打碎，所有傭工的，心必愁煩。

The waters of the Nile will be dried up,

and the river will be parched and dry;

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its canals will become foul,

and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,

reeds and rushes will rot away.

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There will be bare places by the Nile,

on the brink of the Nile;

and all that is sown by the Nile will dry up,

be driven away, and be no more.

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Those who fish will mourn;

all who cast hooks in the Nile will lament,

and those who spread nets on the water will languish.

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The workers in flax will be in despair,

and the carders and those at the loom will grow pale.

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Its weavers will be dismayed,

and all who work for wages will be grieved.

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    埃及的文明是因為尼羅河而來的，上帝卻要讓尼羅河枯乾，以此來懲罰埃及，使埃及的經濟大受影響。

    說到經濟方面，我們常常以為富有是人努力經營事業而有的，其實這是上帝賜福的結果，也因此人要懂得感謝上帝，才會得著上帝更多的恩惠。  

    因此，我們要將一切的榮耀歸給上帝，不要歸到自己的身上。人若是得罪上帝，也就要失去一切的恩惠。因此，人要常常來榮耀上帝！