Isaiah 19:7 · KJV
“The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no {more}. {and be...: Heb. and shall not be}”
— Isaiah 19:7
And they shall turn the rivers far away; {and} the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
Isaiah 19 — Context
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
6And they shall turn the rivers far away; {and} the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no {more}. {and be...: Heb. and shall not be}
8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded. {networks: or, white works}
Cross References
Joel 1:17-18
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. {seed: Heb. grains}
Isaiah 23:3
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, {is} her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
Jeremiah 14:4
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Ezekiel 19:13
And now she {is} planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
Isaiah 32:20
Blessed {are} ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth {thither} the feet of the ox and the ass.