Isaiah 19:7

And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

In Context

6And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and papyrus.

8And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:3in great waters, a generation of merchants? as when the harvest is gathered in, so are these traders with the nations.

Jeremiah 14:4And the labors of the land failed, because there was no rain: the husbandmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

Joel 1:17The heifers have started at their mangers, the treasures are abolished, the winepresses are broken down; for the corn is withered.

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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