Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
fine flax—GESENIUS, for "fine," translates, "combed"; fine "linen" was worn by the rich only (Luke 16:19). Egypt was famous for it (Exodus 9:31; I Kings 10:28; Proverbs 7:16; Ezekiel 27:7). The processes of its manufacture are represented on the Egyptian tombs. Israel learned the art in Egypt (Exodus 26:36). The cloth now found on the mummies was linen, as is shown by the microscope. WILKINSON mentions linen from Egypt which has five hundred forty (or two hundred seventy double) threads in one inch in the warp; whereas some modern cambric has but a hundred sixty [BARNES].
networks—rather, white cloth (Esther 1:6; Esther 8:16).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:9:
Isaiah 19:15
Ezekiel 30:12
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