Isaiah 19:7

The bare places by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, 1 and everything sown by the Nile, 1 shall wither, be blown away, v'einenu (and be no more). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 neharot (streams, canals) shall turn foul; 1 and the moats shall be emptied and dried up; 1 the reeds and rushes shall wither. 1

8The dayagim (fishermen) also shall mourn, 1 and all they that cast hooks into the Nile shall lament, 1 and they that spread nets upon the mayim shall languish. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:3And by mayim rabbim, the zera (grain) of Shikhor, + 23:3 Nile 1 the katzir (harvest) of the Shikhor, + 23:3 Nile is her tevuah (produce, income); 1 and she is a Sakhar Goyim (market bazaar of nations). 1

Jeremiah 14:4Because the adamah is cracked, 1 for there was no geshem in the earth, 1 the ikkarim (plowmen) were ashamed, 1 they covered their rosh. 1

Joel 1:17The seed is rotten under their clods, 1 the otzarot (storehouses) are laid desolate, 1 the barns are broken down; 1 for the grain is withered. 1

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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