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.
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Gill's Exposition
The fishers also shall mourn,.... Because there will be no fish to catch, the waters of the river being dried up, and so will have none to sell, and nothing to support themselves and families with;…
Barnes' Notes
The fishers also - In this verse, and the two following, the prophet describes the calamities that would come upon various classes of the inhabitants, as the consequence of the failing of the waters…
Though the land of Egypt had of old been a house of bondage to the people of God, where they had been ruled with rigour, yet among the unbelieving Jews there still remained much of the humour of their…
Cambridge Bible
Fishing, one of the staple industries of Egypt, is first mentioned, as that most immediately affected (cf. Exo 7:21). The two methods referred to, angling and net-fishing, are both depicted on the…
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