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The fishermen will groan,
    and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament;
those who spread nets upon the water
    will become weaker and weaker.
The workers[a] in combed flax
    and the weavers of white linen
        will be in despair.
10 Egypt’s[b] workers in cloth[c] will be crushed,
    and all who work for wages will be sick at heart.”

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT LXX read And the workers
  2. Isaiah 19:10 Lit. Its
  3. Isaiah 19:10 Lit. Its weavers

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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