Isaiah 19:9

The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.

10The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28Solomon's horses were imported from Egypt and Kue—the royal merchants purchased them in Kue.

Proverbs 7:16My bed is made, covered with colorful linens 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 →

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