Isaiah Chapter 19 verse 9 Holy Bible
Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
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And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
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And they that work in fine flax, and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed.
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Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
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Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
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And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 9. - They that work in fine flax. Linen of great fineness and delicacy was woven in Egypt, for the priests' dresses, for mummy-cloths, and for corselets. Solomon imported "linen yarn" from his Egyptian neighbors (1 Kings 10:28), and the Phoenicians a linen fabric for their sails' (Ezekiel 27:7). In the general decline of Egyptian prosperity, caused by the circumstances of the time, the manufacturers of linen would suffer. They that weave networks; rather, they that weave while clothes. Cotton fabrics are probably intended. Shall be confounded; literally, shall blush, or be ashamed.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(9) Moreover they that work in fine flax.--Another class also would find its occupation gone. The "fine flax" was used especially for the dress of the priests (Herod. ii. 81), and for the mummy clothes of the dead (1Kings 10:28; Ezekiel 27:7).They that weave networks.--Better, white cloths, the cotton or byssus fabrics for which Egypt was famous.
