Isaiah 19:8
8 The fishers [dayag] also shall
mourn ['anah], and all they that cast [shalak] angle [chakkah] into the
brooks [ya`or] shall lament ['abal], and they that spread [paras] nets [mikmereth] upon [paniym] the waters [mayim] shall
languish ['amal]. KJV-Interlinear
8 And the fishermen will lament, And
all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets
on the waters will pine away. NASB
As we have already
seen, the farming and agriculture activities along the Nile will be shut
down. But also, the fishing industry
will cease to exist as well.
From the individual
fisherman or sportsman who casts a line, to the larger fishing businesses that
cast nets, the fishing activities, even extending to the processing and canning
plants and transportation and retail outlets, all will feel the impact of a no
fish harvest.
Enhanced by our study
in Rev. 18, this passage demonstrates how business not only in Egypt, but
around the entire world, will collapse.
And what do the people
do? They sob over their lost
business.
No one looks to
God. No one prays for help. No one even considers a spiritual solution.
No one looks around at
the entire world and questions as to why the whole planet is collapsing around
them. They think only of themselves, and
of their own losses.
And why should we
wonder why those future folks never think about God or eternity and such, when
even in our current day, people are more or less the same?
Can anyone list the
mandates of God, and what He expects of us right now?
