Flax

“(Now the flax and barley were destroyed, since the barley was ripe and the flax was in bloom;”

“(But Rahab had taken them up to the roof and hidden them among the stalks of flax that she had laid out there.)”

“She selects wool and flax and works with eager hands.”

“The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.”

“For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’”

“Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.”

“And in the presence of the king and his princes, Memucan replied, “Queen Vashti has wronged not only the king, but all the princes and the peoples in all the provinces of King Xerxes.”

“So He took me there, and I saw a man whose appearance was like bronze. He was standing in the gateway with a linen cord and a measuring rod in his hand.”