Isaiah 19:10

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices [and] ponds for fish.

And they shall be broken {H1792} in the purposes {H8356} thereof, all that make {H6213} sluices {H7938} and ponds {H99} for fish {H5315}.

the spinners will be crushed, the hired workers dejected.

The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.

Commentary

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 8:5 (2 votes)

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Stretch forth thine hand with thy rod over the streams, over the rivers, and over the ponds, and cause frogs to come up upon the land of Egypt.

  • Deuteronomy 11:10 (2 votes)

    For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, [is] not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst [it] with thy foot, as a garden of herbs:

  • Exodus 7:19 (2 votes)

    And the LORD spake unto Moses, Say unto Aaron, Take thy rod, and stretch out thine hand upon the waters of Egypt, upon their streams, upon their rivers, and upon their ponds, and upon all their pools of water, that they may become blood; and [that] there may be blood throughout all the land of Egypt, both in [vessels of] wood, and in [vessels of] stone.