Verse 8
Isaiah 19:8
Bible in Basic English
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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
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And I will send the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they will be fighting every one against his...
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And the spirit of Egypt will be troubled in her, and I will make her decisions without effect: and t...
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And I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a hard king will be their ruler, sa...
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And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
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And the rivers will have an evil smell; the stream of Egypt will become small and dry: all the water...
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7
The grass-lands by the Nile, and everything planted by the Nile, will become dry, or taken away by t...
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The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief,...
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And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
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10
And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.
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11
The chiefs of Zoan are completely foolish; the wisest guides of Pharaoh have become like beasts: how...
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12
Where, then, are your wise men? let them make clear to you, let them give you knowledge of the purpo...
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The chiefs of Zoan have become foolish, the chiefs of Noph are tricked, the heads of her tribes are...
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14
The Lord has sent among them a spirit of error: and by them Egypt is turned out of the right way in...
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15
And in Egypt there will be no work for any man, head or tail, high or low, to do.
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In that day the Egyptians will be like women: and the land will be shaking with fear because of the...
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18
In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making o...
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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...
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And the Lord will give the knowledge of himself to Egypt, and the Egyptians will give honour to the...
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