Then the fishermen will mourn.
All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will give up.
Those who work with flax will be dismayed;(A)
those combing it and weaving linen will turn pale.[a]
10 Egypt’s weavers[b] will be dejected;
all her wage earners will be demoralized.

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Footnotes

  1. 19:9 DSS, Tg; MT reads weavers of white cloth
  2. 19:10 Or foundations

The fishermen(A) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks(B) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
Those who work with combed flax(C) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen(D) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

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