Isaiah 19:10
And the pillars [of Egypt] shall be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire [shall be] grieved in soul.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
In Context
9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
Cross References
Exodus 7:19And LORD said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their rivers, over their streams, and over their pools, and over all their ponds of water, that they may become blood, and
Deuteronomy 11:10For the land, where thou go in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from where ye came out, where thou sowed thy seed, and watered it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs,
Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18
The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →