Isaiah 19:8

New International Reader's Version

The fishermen will moan. All those who drop hooks into the Nile will weep. Those who throw their nets on the water will become very sad.

Cross References

Exodus 7:21

The fish in the Nile died. The river smelled so bad the Egyptians couldn’t drink its water. There was blood everywhere in Egypt.

Ezekiel 47:10

People will stand along the shore to fish. From En Gedi all the way to En Eglaim there will be places for spreading fishnets. The Dead Sea will have many kinds of fish. They will be like the fish in the Mediterranean Sea.

Habakkuk 1:15

The evil Babylonians pull all of them up with hooks. They catch them in their nets. They gather them up. So they celebrate. They are glad.

Habakkuk 1:17

Are you going to let them keep on emptying their nets? Will they go on destroying nations without showing them any mercy?

Numbers 11:5

We remember the fish we ate in Egypt. It didn’t cost us anything. We also remember the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions and garlic.

Matthew 11:17

“ ‘We played the flute for you. But you didn’t dance. We sang a funeral song. But you didn’t become sad.’