Verse 8

Isaiah 19:8

Bible in Basic English

8 The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/אָנוּ֙ הַ/דַּיָּגִ֔ים וְ/אָ֣בְל֔וּ כָּל מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י בַ/יְא֖וֹר חַכָּ֑ה וּ/פֹרְשֵׂ֥י מִכְמֹ֛רֶת עַל פְּנֵי מַ֖יִם אֻמְלָֽלוּ
English Translation
And we, the fishermen, and all who cast into the river, were wise, and those who spread a net over the surface of the waters were distressed.
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Chapter 19 Context
1 The word about Egypt. See, the Lord is seated on a quick-moving cloud, and is coming to Egypt: and t... Focus ↗
2 And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his... Focus ↗
3 And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and t... Focus ↗
4 And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, sa... Focus ↗
5 And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste: Focus ↗
6 And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water... Focus ↗
7 The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by t... Focus ↗
8 The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief,...
9 And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame. Focus ↗
10 And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart. Focus ↗
11 The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how... Focus ↗
12 Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpo... Focus ↗
13 The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are... Focus ↗
14 The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in... Focus ↗
15 And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do. Focus ↗
16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and the land will be shaking with fear because of the... Focus ↗
17 And the land of Judah will become a cause of great fear to Egypt; whenever its name comes to mind, E... Focus ↗
18 In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making o... Focus ↗
19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to t... Focus ↗
20 And it will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt: when they are crying... Focus ↗
21 And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the... Focus ↗
22 And the Lord will send punishment on Egypt, and will make them well again; and when they come back t... Focus ↗
23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and E... Focus ↗
24 In that day Israel will be the third together with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the earth: Focus ↗
25 Because of the blessing of the Lord of armies which he has given them, saying, A blessing on Egypt m... Focus ↗