Isaiah 19:8

“The fishers also shall mourn, &c.] Because there will be no fish to catch, the waters of the river being dried up, and so will have none to sell, and nothing to support themselves and families with; and this must also affect the people in general, fish being the common food they lived upon, (see <041105>Numbers 11:5), not only because of the great plenty there usually was, but because they killed and ate but very few living creatures, through a superstitious regard unto them; though Herodotus saysf374 the Egyptian priests might not taste of fishes, yet the common people might; for, according to that historianf375, when the river Nile flowed out of the lake of Moeris, a talent of silver every…”

“fishers--The Nile was famed for fish (Num 11:5); many would be thrown out of employment by the failure of fishes. angle--a hook. Used in the "brooks" or canals, as the "net" was in "the waters" of the river itself.”

“The fishers also - In this verse, and the two following, the prophet describes the calamities that would come upon various classes of the inhabitants, as the consequence of the failing of the waters of the Nile. The first class which he mentions are the fishermen. Egypt is mentioned Numbers 11:5, as producing great quantities of fish. ‘We remember the fish which we did eat in Eypt freely.’ ‘The Nile,’ says Diodorus (i.), ‘abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish.’ The same was true of the artificial canals, and lakes, and reservoirs of water Isaiah 19:10. Herodotus (ii. 93) says that large quantities of fish were produced in the Nile: ‘At the season of spawning,’ says he, ‘they…”

“Mourn - Because they could catch no fish; which was a great loss to the people, whose common diet this was. Isaiah 19:9”

“Exo 7:21; Num 11:5; Eze 47:10; Hab 1:15 Isaiah 19:9”