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Isaiah 19:8

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The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

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Isaiah 19:8 in other translations

And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

Isaiah 19:8 · American Standard Version

Isaiah 19:8 in context

  1. 6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
  2. 7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
  3. 8The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
  4. 9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
  5. 10The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.