Isaiah 19
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Proclamation Against Egypt
1The #Jer. 9:25, 26; Ezek. 29:1—30:19; Joel 3:19burden against Egypt.
Behold, the Lord #Ps. 18:10; 104:3; Matt. 26:64; Rev. 1:7rides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
#Ex. 12:12; Jer. 43:12The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
2“I will #Judg. 7:22; 1 Sam. 14:16, 20; 2 Chr. 20:23; Matt. 10:21, 36set Egyptians against Egyptians;
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will #1 Chr. 10:13; Is. 8:19; 47:12; Dan. 2:2consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
4And the Egyptians I will give
#Is. 20:4; Jer. 46:26; Ezek. 29:19Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5#Is. 50:2; Jer. 51:36; Ezek. 30:12The waters will fail from the sea,
And the river will be wasted and dried up.
6The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks #2 Kin. 19:24of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
7The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,
And everything sown by the River,
Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
8The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
9Moreover those who work in #1 Kin. 10:28; Prov. 7:16; Ezek. 27:7fine flax
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
10And its foundations will be broken.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul.
11Surely the princes of #Num. 13:22; Ps. 78:12, 43; Is. 30:4Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
#Gen. 41:38, 39; 1 Kin. 4:29, 30; Acts 7:22How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”
12#1 Cor. 1:20Where are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has #Ps. 33:11purposed against Egypt.
13The princes of Zoan have become fools;
#Jer. 2:16; Ezek. 30:13The princes of Noph are deceived;
They have also deluded Egypt,
Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.
14The Lord has mingled #1 Kin. 22:22; Is. 29:10a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which #Is. 9:14–16the head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
16In that day Egypt will #Jer. 51:30; Nah. 3:13be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, #Is. 11:15which He waves over it. 17And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has #Is. 14:24; Dan. 4:35determined against it.
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed
18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will #Zeph. 3:9speak the language of Canaan and #Is. 45:23swear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.
19In that day #Gen. 28:18; Ex. 24:4; Josh. 22:10, 26, 27; Is. 56:7; 60:7there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the #Ps. 68:31Lord at its border. 20And #Josh. 4:20; 22:27it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a #Is. 43:11Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them. 21Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will #(Is. 2:3, 4; 11:9)know the Lord in that day, and #Is. 56:7; 60:7; Zech. 14:16–18; Mal. 1:11will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22And the Lord will strike Egypt, He will strike and #Deut. 32:39; Is. 30:26; 57:18; (Heb. 12:11)heal it; they will return to the Lord, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.
23In that day #Is. 11:16; 35:8; 49:11; 62:10there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will #Is. 27:13serve with the Assyrians.
24In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land, 25whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria #Deut. 14:2; Ps. 100:3; Is. 29:23; Hos. 2:23; (Eph. 2:10)the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
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The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved.
Isaiah 19
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XIX
1THE ORACLE CONCERNING EGYPT.
Behold, Jehovah rideth
Upon a swift cloud, and cometh to Egypt:
And the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence,
And the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of her.
2And I will excite the Egyptians against the Egyptians,
And they shall fight, every man against his brother, and every man against his neighbour:
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof;
And I will destroy her counsel:
And they shall seek to the idols, and to the sorcerers,
And to the necromancers, and to the soothsayers.
4And I will deliver up the Egyptians into the hands of a cruel lord,
And a fierce king shall rule over them:
Saith the Lord Jehovah of hosts.
5Then shall the waters fail from the sea,
And the river shall be wasted and dried up:
6And the rivers shall send forth stench,
The canals of Egypt shall waste away and become dry,
The reed and the rush shall wither:
7The meadows by the river, even at the mouth of the river,
And every thing sown by the river,
Shall be dried up, scattered by the wind, and be no more.
8The fishers also shall mourn,
And all they that cast angle into the river shall lament;
And they that spread nets upon the face of the waters shall languish.
9And the workers of combed flax shall be confounded,
And they that weave white linen.
10And her foundations are broken in pieces,
And all workers for hire are afflicted in soul.
11Surely, the princes of Zoan are fools:
As for the wise counsellors of Pharaoh,
Their counsel is become foolish.
How will ye say unto Pharaoh,
I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?
12Where now are they, thy wise men?
And let them tell thee now, if they know,
What Jehovah of hosts hath determined against Egypt.
13The princes of Zoan are become foolish, the princes of Noph are deceived;
And they, even the heads of her tribes, have caused Egypt to err.
14 Jehovah hath mingled in the midst of her a spirit of giddiness;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her works,
As a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.
15Neither shall there be done by Egypt any work,
Which the head or tail, the branch or rush, may do.
16In that day the Egyptians shall be as women;
And they shall tremble and fear,
At the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts,
Which he shall shake over them.
17And the land of Judah shall become a terror to the Egyptians:
Every one to whom a mention is made of it shall fear;
Because of the counsel of Jehovah of hosts,
Which he hath counselled against them.
18In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt,
Speaking the language of Canaan,
And swearing by Jehovah of hosts:
One of them shall be called, The city of Destruction.
19In that day there shall be an altar to Jehovah
In the midst of the land of Egypt;
And a pillar at the boundary thereof to Jehovah:
20And it shall be for a sign, and for a witness,
To Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt;
For that they cried unto Jehovah because of oppressors,
And he sent unto them a saviour, and a defender, and he delivered them.
21And Jehovah shall be known to Egypt,
And the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day;
And they shall offer up sacrifice and oblation,
Yea they shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and shall perform it.
22And Jehovah shall smite Egypt, smiting and healing her;
And they shall turn unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
23In that day there shall be a highway from Egypt towards Assyria;
And the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria:
And the Egyptian shall worship with the Assyrian.
24In that day shall Israel be the third
With Egypt and with Assyria,
Even a blessing in the midst of the earth:
25Whom Jehovah of hosts shall bless, saying:
Blessed be Egypt my people,
And Assyria, the work of my hands;
And Israel mine inheritance.
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Translated by Rev John Jones (Ioan Tegid).Published at Oxford in 1830, second edition 1842.