Isaiah 19:8

The 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

In Context

7The 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

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

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Cross References

Numbers 11:5We remember the fish, which we did eat in Mitzrayim at no cost; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlic;

Habakkuk 1:15They take up all of them with a khakkah (hook), 1 they catch them in their net, 1 and gather them in their dragnet; 1 therefore they have simcha (joy) and are glad. 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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