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Isaiah 19

Isaiah 19:9

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

Modern
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
Traditional
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Literal
And those working fine flax will be put to shame, and those weaving white cloth,
Latin
Confundentur qui operabantur linum, pectentes et texentes subtilia.

Original

Hebrew
English
The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

Notes

Isaiah 19:9

The workers in flax … and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale: The drought destroyed the flax crops. As a result, the linen industry could not continue.

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

Glossary

Agriculture Book of Jeremiah Cotton Flax Isaiah, Book of Nile River Reed

Topics

Egypt: Celebrated For: Fine Linen Egypt: Prophecies Respecting: Failure of Internal Resources Egypt: The Country of: Productions of Nile: Called the River War: Evils of Weaving: General Scriptures Concerning