Isaiah 19:9

And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

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.

10And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.

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Cross References

1 Kings 10:28And the outgoing of the horses that king Solomon hath [is] from Egypt, and from Keveh; merchants of the king take from Keveh at a price;

Proverbs 7:16[With] ornamental coverings I decked my couch, Carved works — cotton of Egypt.

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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