Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave cotton, shall be ashamed.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
In Context
10And her foundations shall be crushed, all they that make dams shall be grieved in soul.
Cross References
1 Kings 10:28And the horses which Solomon had were brought out of Egypt; also out of Keveh, the king's merchants buying them of the men of Keveh at a price.
Proverbs 7:16I have decked my couch with coverlets, with striped cloths of the yarn 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 →