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And the fishers will mourn,
    and all of those who cast fishhooks[a] in the Nile will lament,
    and those who spread out fishing nets[b] on the surface[c] of the water will languish.
And the workers of combed flax will be ashamed,
    and those who weave white linen.
10 And her weavers will be crushed;
    all the hired workers[d] will be grieved of heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:8 Hebrew “fishhook”
  2. Isaiah 19:8 Hebrew “net”
  3. Isaiah 19:8 Literally “face”
  4. Isaiah 19:10 Literally “workers of wage”

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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