Isaiah 19:8

Bible in Basic English 1965

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.

Cross References

Exodus 7:21

And the fish in the Nile came to destruction, and a bad smell went up from the river, and the Egyptians were not able to make use of the water of the Nile for drinking; and there was blood through all the land of Egypt.

Ezekiel 47:10

And fishermen will take up their places by it: from En-gedi as far as En-eglaim will be a place for the stretching out of nets; the fish will be of every sort, like the fish of the Great Sea, a very great number.

Habakkuk 1:15

He takes them all up with his hook, he takes them in his net, getting them together in his fishing-net: for which cause he is glad and full of joy.

Habakkuk 1:17

For this cause his net is ever open, and there is no end to his destruction of the nations.

Numbers 11:5

Sweet is the memory of the fish we had in Egypt for nothing, and the fruit and green plants of every sort, sharp and pleasing to the taste:

Matthew 11:17

We made music for you and you did not take part in the dance; we gave cries of sorrow and you made no signs of grief.