Thematic Bible: Nile
Thematic Bible
Nile » Called the river
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry. And the rivers shall become foul. The streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags shall wither away. The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more. read more.
And the fishermen shall lament, and all those who cast a hook into the Nile shall mourn, and those who spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded. And the pillars [of Egypt] shall be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire [shall be] grieved in soul.
And the fishermen shall lament, and all those who cast a hook into the Nile shall mourn, and those who spread nets upon the waters shall languish. Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, shall be confounded. And the pillars [of Egypt] shall be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire [shall be] grieved in soul.
Shall the land not tremble for this, and everyone mourn who dwells therein? Yea, it shall rise up wholly like the River, and it shall be troubled and sink again like the River of Egypt.
And I will put hooks in thy jaws, and I will cause the fish of thy rivers to stick to thy scales, and I will bring thee up out of the midst of thy rivers, with all the fish of thy rivers which stick to thy scales.
And LORD will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea. And with his scorching wind he will wave his hand over the River, and will smite it into seven streams, and cause men to march over dry shod.
Nile » Called sihor
And now what have thou to do in the way to Egypt, to drink the waters of the Shihor? Or what have thou to do in the way to Assyria, to drink the waters of the River?
And on great waters the seed of the Shihor, the harvest of the Nile, was her revenue, and she was the mart of nations.