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Isaiah 19

Isaiah 19:8

The Burden against Egypt · Isaiah 19:1–15
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Translations

Modern
Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
Traditional
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Literal
And the fishermen will mourn, and all those casting a hook into the River will lament, and those spreading nets upon the face of the waters, they will languish.
Latin
Et mœrebunt piscatores, et lugebunt omnes mittentes in flumen hamum; et expandentes rete super faciem aquarum emarcescent.

Original

Hebrew
English
Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

Notes

Isaiah 19:1–10

Egypt relied heavily on the Nile for food, fish, and industry. When the Lord struck the Nile, Egypt would face severe difficulties, and its gods would not be able to help.

Isaiah 17:1–20:6

This section includes predictions of judgment against Damascus, Israel, Ethiopia, and Egypt. The scene shifts from the crisis in 734 BC (the alliance of Syria and Israel; see study note on Isaiah 7:1–25) to the Assyrian crisis in 701 BC (see Isaiah 36–37).

Events

Places

Nile: The major river of Egypt, mentioned in various contexts

Glossary

Book of Jeremiah Fishermen Flax Isaiah, Book of Nile River Reed

Topics

Brooks: Abounded with Fish Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: Failure of Internal Resources Egypt: The Country of: Productions of Fish: Caught: Hooks Net: Figurative Nile: Called the River Rivers: (Drying up of) of God's Judgments the River Nile: The Egyptians: Punished by Destruction of Its Fish War: Evils of