Moreover, they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, white cotton cloth, shall be confounded, since neither flax nor cotton would grow, and this important industry would thus be made impossible.
Verse Isaiah 19:9. _THEY THAT WORK IN FINE FLAX_] פשתים שריקות _pishtim_ _sericoth, heckled flax_, i.e., flax dressed on the heckle, or comb used for that purpose. The _Vulgate_ uses the word _pectent...
MOREOVER - In addition to the calamities that will come upon the fishermen, the drying up of the river will affect all who are supported by that which the overflowing of its waters produced. THEY THAT...
CHAPTER 19 The Burden of Egypt 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 19:1)_ 2. _Egypt blest with Israel in the last days (Isaiah 19:16) _ Egypt has passed through many judgments. Hundreds of years after...
ISAIAH 19. ORACLE ON EGYPT. This is one of the most difficult Chapter s in the book. It falls into two sections, Isaiah 19:1 and Isaiah 19:18. If Isaiah 19:1 is in the main from Isaiah, it probably re...
WEAVE. Occurs in the "former" portion only here, and in Isaiah 38:12. and in the "latter" portion only in Isaiah 59:5....
Textile manufactures, linen and cotton, flourished greatly in ancient Egypt. _fine flax_ COMBED FLAX (R.V.). For _networks_read WHITE-STUFFS, probably cotton....
The material and industrial ruin of Egypt....
THE FISHERS ALSO SHALL MOURN— The prophet here sets forth the common and universal grief of the Egyptian nation, upon the calamity above described. The 10th verse should be rendered, _And their stamin...
CHAPTER NINETEEN 2. EGYPT TEXT: Isaiah 19:1-15 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the...
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. THEY THAT WORK IN SHORT FLAX. Gesenius, for "fine," translates ( sªriyqowt (H8305)) 'combed.' Fine linen was...
19:9 fine (e-6) Or 'fine combed.'...
THE JUDGMENT, ON EGYPT A prophecy concerning Egypt, probably belonging to the same period as Isaiah 18, and designed to show the speedy collapse of Egypt's power, on which a strong political party in...
NETWORKS] RV 'white cloth.'...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 19 GOD WILL PUNISH EGYPT V1 God gave this special message to Isaiah...
וּ בֹ֛שׁוּ עֹבְדֵ֥י פִשְׁתִּ֖ים שְׂרִיקֹ֑ות וְ...
These two Chapter s (19, 20) contain the burden of Egypt. Its doom is first declared (19: 1-15). Jehovah's advent will result in the destruction of idols, in civil war, in failure in counsel, and in t...
_Linen. Greek, "silk." Ezechiel xvi. 10. (Calmet)_...
Here is the same subject of national distress for the burden of Egypt, as that of Damascus or Moab, though the end differs: foreign wars, and domestic jealousies are predicted: so that every man's han...
9._And they who work in the finest flax. _As he spoke of mourning, so he now speaks of shame; for they who formerly earned an abundant livelihood by this trade will have no gains. Now, the two occupat...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...
MOREOVER THEY THAT WORK IN FINE FLAX,.... Of which they made fine linen cloth, and yarn, and was much wore by the Egyptians, and was the commodity of the country, and for which other nations traded wi...
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. Ver. 9. _They that work in fine flax shall be confounded,_] _sc., _ For want of materials, such as were wont t...
_The waters shall fail from the sea_, &c. The river Nile shall cease to pour its usual quantity of water into the sea, _being wasted and dried up_, as it follows. “Tremellius,” says Lowth, “shows out...
NETWORKS: Or, white works...
1-17 God shall come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves. When ungodly men escape danger, they are apt to think themselves secure; but...
THAT WORK IN FINE FLAX; that make fine linen, which was one of their best commodities; of which SEE POOLE ON "1 KINGS 10:28", SEE POOLE ON "PROVERBS 7:16", SEE POOLE ON "EZEKIEL 27:7"....
Isaiah 19:9 work H5647 (H8802) fine H8305 flax H6593 weave H707 (H8802) fabric H2355 ashamed H954
‘Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth (or ‘cotton') will be ashamed. And her pillars will be broken in pieces, and all those who work for hire will be grieved in sou...
CONTENTS: Burden of Egypt, looking forward, through desolations, to Kingdom blessing with Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The barbarous usage which the enemies of God have given His people, eve...
Isaiah 19:4. _A cruel lord._ Such was Nebuchadnezzar; and after him, Cambyses, and other Persian kings. One oppression succeeded another, as illustrated in Daniel 11. Isaiah 19:11. _The princes of Zoa...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:5 Egypt’s primary natural resource and economic base was the NILE. ⇐...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 19:1 THE BURDEN OF EGYPT. It has been doubted whether this prophecy refers to the conquest of Egypt by Piankhi, as related in the monument which he set up at Napata, or to that by E...
Now he turns to Egypt. The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall...
1 Kings 10:28; Ezekiel 27:7; Proverbs 7:16...
They — That make fine linen, which was one of their best commodities....