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Isaiah 19:5

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The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.

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Verse 5. Dry. The lakes and the Nile shall not afford sufficient moisture. Calmet.—If the Nile rose less than twelve or more than sixteen cubits famine ensued. Pliny xviii. 18.

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