The grass in the river, and at the [a]head of the rivers, and all that groweth by the river shall wither, and be driven away, and be no more.

The fishers also shall [b]mourn, and all they that cast angle into the river, shall lament, and they that spread their net upon the waters, shall be weakened.

Moreover, they that work in flax of divers sorts, shall be confounded, and they that weave nets.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:7 The Hebrew word is mouth, whereby they mean the spring out of the which the water gusheth as out of a mouth.
  2. Isaiah 19:8 The Scriptures used to describe the destruction of a country by taking away of the commodities thereof, as by vines, flesh, fish, and such other things, whereby countries are enriched.

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