Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
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Gill's Exposition
Moreover they that work in fine flax,.... Of which they made fine linen cloth, and yarn, and was much wore by the Egyptians, and was the commodity of the country, and for which other nations traded…
Barnes' Notes
Moreover - In addition to the calamities that will come upon the fishermen, the drying up of the river will affect all who are supported by that which the overflowing of its waters produced. They that…
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
Textile manufactures, linen and cotton, flourished greatly in ancient Egypt. fine flax combed flax (R.V.). For networksread white-stuffs, probably cotton.