Isaiah 19:9 - Exposition

They that work in fine flax. Linen of great fineness and delicacy was woven in Egypt, for the priests' dresses, for mummy-cloths, and for corselets. Solomon imported "linen yarn" from his Egyptian neighbors ( 1 Kings 10:28 ), and the Phoenicians a linen fabric for their sails' ( Ezekiel 27:7 ). In the general decline of Egyptian prosperity, caused by the circumstances of the time, the manufacturers of linen would suffer. They that weave networks ; rather, they that weave while clothes . Cotton fabrics are probably intended. Shall be confounded; literally, shall blush , or be ashamed .