Isaiah 19:10
Then shall her pillars be crushed,—All who make wages, be bowed down in soul.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
In Context
9Then shall turn pale The workers in combed flax,—and The weavers of white linen;
Cross References
Exodus 7:19And Yahweh said unto Moses,—Say unto Aaron—Take thy staff, and stretch forth thy hand over the waters of Egypt, over their streams over their rivers, and over their pools and over all their collections of water—that they may become blood,—so shall there be blood in all the land of Egypt, both in vessels of wood and in vessels of stone.
Deuteronomy 11:10For the land which thou art entering to, possess, not like the land of Egypt, it is, from whence ye came out,—where thou didst sow thy seed, and then water it with thy foot, like a 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 →