Isaiah 19:9

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.

In Context

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

10And its foundations shall be broken in the purposes thereof, 1 all that make sachir (wages) shall be agmei nefesh (grieved). 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28And Sh'lomo had susim brought out of Mitzrayim, and from Keveh; HaMelechʼs agents acquired from Kevah at a price.

Proverbs 7:16I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, 1 with a bedspread of fine linen of Mitzrayim. 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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