Isaiah 19:9

The workers in combed flax and those who weave white cloth will turn pale. 1

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In The King James Version

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

In Context

8The fishermen will wail and mourn, and all who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn, 1 and those who spread nets on the waters will grieve. 1

10The cloth workers of Egypt will be crushed; all who work for hire will be grieved within themselves. 1

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28The horses that belonged to Solomon were imported from Egypt, and Kue and the king's merchants purchased them from Kue.

Proverbs 7:16I have spread coverings on my bed, 1 colored linens from Egypt. 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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