Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 19:8
fishers—The Nile was famed for fish (Numbers 11:5); many would be thrown out of employment by the failure of fishes.
angle—a hook. Used in the "brooks" or canals, as the "net" was in "the waters" of the river itself.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:8:
Isaiah 19:15
Ezekiel 30:12
Hosea 4:3
Nahum 3:8
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