Charles Ellicott Commentary Isaiah 19:7

"The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more." — Isaiah 19:7 (ASV)

The paper reeds by the brooks. —Better, the meadows by the Nile. And so in the other clauses, the Hebrew word for “brooks” being used specifically for that river. For shall wither and be driven away, read, shall dry up and vanish. The valley of the Nile is to become as parched and barren as the desert on either side of it.