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Isaiah 19:8

American Standard Version

And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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Isaiah 19:8 in other translations

The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

Isaiah 19:8 · World English Bible

Isaiah 19:8 in context

  1. 6And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
  2. 7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
  3. 8And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
  4. 9Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
  5. 10And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.