NET Bible
"Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed."
— Isaiah 19:10, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
along with the plants by the mouth of the river. All the cultivated land near the river will turn to dust and be blown away.
The fishermen will mourn and lament, all those who cast a fishhook into the river, and those who spread out a net on the water’s surface will grieve.
Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale.
Those who make cloth will be demoralized; all the hired workers will be depressed.
The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; Pharaoh’s wise advisers give stupid advice. How dare you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the sages, one well-versed in the writings of the ancient kings?”
But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has planned for Egypt.
The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray.