Isaiah 19:7

Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withered, It hath been driven away, and is not.

Young's Literal Translation

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 they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

8And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished.

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Cross References

Isaiah 23:3And in many waters [is] the seed of Sihor, The harvest of the brook [is] her increase, And she is a mart of nations.

Jeremiah 14:4Because the ground hath been broken, For there hath been no rain in the land, Ashamed have been husbandmen, They have covered their head.

Joel 1:17Rotted have scattered things under their clods, Desolated have been storehouses, Broken down have been granaries, For withered hath the corn.

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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