Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

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.

Bible References

General references

Exodus 7:21
The fish in the Nile died, and the river smelled so bad the Egyptians could not drink water from it. There was blood throughout the land of Egypt.
Numbers 11:5
We remember the free fish we ate in Egypt, along with the cucumbers, melons, leeks, onions, and garlic.
Ezekiel 47:10
Fishermen will stand beside it from En-gedi to En-eglaim. These will become places where nets are spread out to dry. Their fish will consist of many different kinds, like the fish of the Mediterranean Sea.
Habakkuk 1:15
The Chaldeans pull them all up with a hook,
catch them in their dragnet,
and gather them in their fishing net;
that is why they are glad and rejoice.

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