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Isa_19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
Ver. 9. They that work in fine flax shall be confounded,] sc., For want of materials, such as were wont to be sown by the brooks {Isa_19:7 1Ki_10:28 Pro_7:16 Eze_27:7} (Plin., lib. ix. cap. 1).
They that weave networks.] Or rather whiteworks {a} - that is, white garments made of the fine flax of Egypt. These were much worn by nobles. {Pro_7:16 Dan_7:9} Whence also in Hebrew they have their name. {1Ki_21:8 Neh_2:16 Ecc_10:17, &c.}
{a} úåãéí , Albi seu candidati.