Catholic Public Domain Version
"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. "
— Isaiah 19:8, Catholic Public Domain Version
“The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.”
“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. ”
“The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.”
“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.”
“The fishers also shall mourn, and all that cast a hook into the river shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish away.”
“The fishermen will be sad, and all those who put fishing-lines into the Nile will be full of grief, and those whose nets are stretched out on the waters will have sorrow in their hearts.”
“The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.”
And the waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be desolate and dry.
And the rivers will fail. The streams of its banks will diminish and dry up. The reed and the bulrush will wither away.
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?”