Isaiah 19:10

And its foundations shall be broken in the purposes thereof, 1 all that make sachir (wages) shall be agmei nefesh (grieved). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.

In Context

9Moreover they that work in pishtan (flax), 1 and they that weave fine linen, 1 shall be in despair. 1

11Surely the sarim of Tzoan are fools, 1 the etzah (advice) of the wise counselors of Pharaoh is become senseless; 1 how say ye unto Pharaoh, 1 I am the Ben Chachamim, 1 the Ben Malchei Kedem? 1

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Cross References

Exodus 7:19And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, Say unto Aharon, Take thy matteh, and stretch out thine yad upon the mayim of Mitzrayim, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their mikveh of mayim, that they may become dahm; and that there may be dahm throughout kol Eretz Mitzrayim, both in vessels of wood, and in vessels of stone.

Deuteronomy 11:10For ha'aretz, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as Eretz Mitzrayim, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy zera, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a gan (garden) of herbs:

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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