Isaiah 19:9

And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

In Context

8The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.

10And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28And Solomon's horses came from Egypt and from Kue; the king's traders got them at a price from Kue.

Proverbs 7:16My bed is covered with cushions of needlework, with coloured cloths of the cotton thread of Egypt;

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 →

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