Catholic Public Domain Version
"And its irrigated places will begin to fail, with all those who make pools to take fish. "
— Isaiah 19:10, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.”
“And the pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul. ”
“The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.”
“Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.”
“And its watery places shall be dry, all they shall mourn that made pools to take fishes.”
“And the makers of twisted thread will be crushed, and those who ... will be sad in heart.”
“And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.”
The channel of the river will be stripped down to its source, and everything irrigated by it will dry up and wither and be no more.
And the fishermen will grieve. And all who cast a hook into the river will mourn. And those who cast a net upon the surface of its waters will languish.
Those who work with linen, combing and weaving fine textiles, will be confounded.
And its irrigated places will begin to fail, with all those who make pools to take fish.
The leaders of Tanis are foolish. The wise counselors of Pharaoh have given foolish counsel. How can you say to Pharaoh: “I am the son of wise men, the son of the kings of antiquity?”
Where are your wise men now? Let them announce it to you, and let them reveal what the Lord of hosts intends for Egypt.
The leaders of Tanis have become foolish. The leaders of Memphis have decayed. They have deceived Egypt, the corner of its people.