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.
The fishermen will cry and mourn, and all those who fish with hooks in the streams will grieve, and those who spread their nets on the water will grow weak and suffer.
This verse describes how the fishermen will suffer and mourn because their livelihood has been destroyed.
📚 Historical Context
This verse is part of Isaiah's prophecy about God's judgment on Egypt, specifically describing the consequences of the Nile River drying up. Since Egypt's economy heavily depended on the Nile for fishing, agriculture, and trade, the destruction of the river would devastate entire industries and the people who worked in them. The fishermen mentioned here represent one of many groups whose lives would be turned upside down by this divine judgment.
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