Isaiah 19:9
Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Context
This verse from Isaiah Chapter 19 connects to 3 cross-references. The oracle against Egypt describes internal civil war, failed agriculture when the Nile fails to rise, and confusion in Egyptian wisdom. But remarkably the oracle concludes with a vision of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel as a triple blessing in the …
Other Translations
Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave white cloth, shall be confounded.
And ashamed have been makers of fine flax, And weavers of net-works.
And all the workers in linen thread, and those who make cotton cloth, will be put to shame.
Cross References
And Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt, and linen yarn: the king’s merchants received the linen yarn at a …
I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt.
Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple …