Verse 8

Isaiah 19:8

Young's Literal Translation

8 And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading nets on the face of the waters have languished.
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 burden of Egypt. Lo, Jehovah is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He hath entered Egypt, And mo... Focus ↗
2 And I armed Egyptians against Egyptians, And they fought, each against his brother, And each against... Focus ↗
3 And emptied out hath been in its midst the spirit of Egypt. And its counsel I swallow up, And they h... Focus ↗
4 And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king doth rule over th... Focus ↗
5 And failed have waters from the sea, And a river is wasted and dried up. Focus ↗
6 And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and... Focus ↗
7 Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, hath withe... Focus ↗
8 And lamented have the fishers, And mourned have all casting angle into a brook, And those spreading...
9 And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works. Focus ↗
10 And its foundations have been smitten, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul. Focus ↗
11 Only, fools [are] the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh ha... Focus ↗
12 Where [are] they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jeh... Focus ↗
13 Foolish have been princes of Zoan, Lifted up have been princes of Noph, And they have caused Egypt t... Focus ↗
14 Jehovah hath mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all... Focus ↗
15 And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do. Focus ↗
16 In that day is Egypt like women, And it hath mourned, and been afraid, Because of the waving of the... Focus ↗
17 And the land of Judah hath been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Every one who doth mention it, f... Focus ↗
18 In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to... Focus ↗
19 In that day there is an altar to Jehovah In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar ne... Focus ↗
20 And it hath been for a sign and for a testimony, To Jehovah of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they... Focus ↗
21 And known hath been Jehovah to Egypt, And the Egyptians have known Jehovah in that day, And done sac... Focus ↗
22 And Jehovah hath smitten Egypt, smiting and healing, And they have turned back unto Jehovah, And He... Focus ↗
23 In that day is a highway out of Egypt to Asshur, And come in have the Assyrians to Egypt, And the Eg... Focus ↗
24 In that day is Israel third, After Egypt, and after Asshur, A blessing in the heart of the earth. Focus ↗
25 In that Jehovah of Hosts did bless it, saying, 'Blessed [is] My people -- Egypt, And the work of My... Focus ↗