Isaiah 19:8 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:8

Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

BSB

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The fishers also “And the fishers” - There was great plenty of fish in Egypt; see Num 11:5. “The Nile,” says Diodorus, lib. i., “abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish.” And much more the lakes. So Egmont, Pococke, etc.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

13 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאָנוּ֙	ve.'a.Nu	and they will lament	H578 →
הַדַּיָּגִ֔ים	ha.dai.ya.Gim	the fishermen	H1771 →
וְאָ֣בְל֔וּ	ve.'A.ve.Lu	and they will mourn	H56 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
מַשְׁלִיכֵ֥י	mash.li.Khei	[those who] cast	H7993 →
בַיְא֖וֹר	vay.'or	in the River	H2975 →
חַכָּ֑ה	cha.Kah	a fish hook	H2443 →
וּפֹרְשֵׂ֥י	u.fo.re.Sei	and [those who] spread out	H6566 →
מִכְמֹ֛רֶת	mikh.Mo.ret	<of> a fishing net	H4365 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
פְּנֵי־	pe.nei-	[the] surface of	H6440 →
מַ֖יִם	Ma.yim	[the] waters	H4325 →
אֻמְלָֽלוּ׃	'um.La.lu	they will languish	H535 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Numbers 11:5
We remember the fish we ate freely in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
leads to
- Exodus 16:3
  “If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us…
Through
Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand by the shore; from En-gedi to En-eglaim they will spread their nets to catch fish of many kinds, like the fish of the Great Sea.
leads to
- Matthew 4:19
  “Come, follow Me,” Jesus said, “and I will make you fishers of men.”
- Numbers 34:6
  Your western border will be the coastline of the Great Sea; this will be your boundary on the west.
- Psalms 104:25
  Here is the sea, vast and wide, teeming with creatures beyond number, living things both great and small.
- 2 Chronicles 20:2
  Then some men came and told Jehoshaphat, “A vast army is coming against you from Edom, from beyond the Sea; they are already in Hazazon-tamar” (that is, En-gedi).
Through
Habakkuk 1:15
The foe pulls all of them up with a hook; he catches them in his dragnet, and gathers them in his fishing net; so he rejoices gladly.
leads to
- Jeremiah 16:16
  But for now I will send for many fishermen, declares the LORD, and they will catch them. After that I will send for many hunters, and they will hunt them down on every mountain…
- Amos 4:2
  The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks.
- John 21:6–11
  He told them, “Cast the net on the right side of the boat, and you will find some.” So they cast it there, and they were unable to haul it in because of the…

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