Isaiah 19:9
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
In Context
10The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28Solomon’s horses were imported from Egypt and Kue; the royal merchants purchased them from Kue.
Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings, with colored linen from 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 →