Isaiah 19
19
Egypt Will Know Adonai
1The burden of Egypt: Behold, Adonai rides upon a swift cloud and comes to Egypt. Egypt’s idols tremble before Him and Egypt’s heart melts within them.
2I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian. Everyone will fight against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor— city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3The spirit of Egypt will drain within it, and I will confuse its counsel. So they will resort to idols, charmers, mediums and familiar spirits.
4I will give the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master—a fierce king will rule over them. It is a declaration of Adonai-Tzva’ot.
5The waters from the sea will dry up, and the river will be drained dry.
6Then the channels will stink. The streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will rot.
7The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the Nile, and everything sown by the Nile will wither, blow away and be no more.
8Then the fishermen will lament. All who cast hooks in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
9Moreover the workers of fine flax, and the weavers of white cloth will be ashamed.
10Her pillars will be crushed, All hired workers will be grieved in soul.
11The princes of Zoan are utter fools. Pharaoh’s wisest counselors are stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
12Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now! Let them know what Adonai-Tzva’ot has purposed against Egypt.
13The princes of Zoan are fools. the princes of Noph are deceived. The cornerstone of her tribes have led Egypt astray.
14Adonai has mixed within her a spirit of dizziness. They make Egypt stagger in every work, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit.
15There will be no work for Egypt to do, for head or tail, palm branch or rush.
16In that day Egypt will be like women trembling with fear, because of the shaking hand of Adonai-Tzva’ot, which He is about to wave over it.
17The land of Judah will terrify Egypt. Anyone who mentions it will be afraid, because of what Adonai-Tzva’ot has surely purposed against it.
18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan, swearing allegiance to Adonai-Tzva’ot. One used to be called the City of the Sun.
19In that day there will be an altar to Adonai in the middle of the land of Egypt, and next to the border a pillar to Adonai.
20It will be as a sign and a witness to Adonai-Tzva’ot in the land of Egypt. For they will cry to Adonai because of oppressors, and He will send them a savior and defender—and he will deliver them.
21So Adonai will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Adonai in that day. They will worship with sacrifice and offering. They will vow to Adonai, and fulfill it.
22So Adonai will strike Egypt—striking yet healing—so they will return to Adonai, and He will respond to them and heal them.
23In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the earth.
25For Adonai-Tzva’ot has blessed, saying: “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”
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Isaiah 19
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An Oracle Concerning Egypt
1An #See ch. 13:1 oracle concerning #[Joel 3:19]; See Jer. 46:13-26; Ezek. 29:1–31:2; 31:18–32:32 Egypt.
Behold, the Lord #Ps. 18:10, 11; 104:3; [Matt. 26:64; Rev. 1:7] is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and #Ex. 12:12; [1 Sam. 5:3; Jer. 43:12; 50:2] the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will #ch. 13:7; See Josh. 2:11melt within them.
2And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
# [Judg. 7:22] and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
3and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound#19:3 Or I will swallow up their #ver. 11 counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and #ch. 8:19the mediums and the necromancers;
4and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of #ch. 20:4; Jer. 46:26; Ezek. 29:19a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
5And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
6and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
7There will be bare places by the Nile,
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
8The #[Num. 11:5]fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
9The workers in #[Ezek. 27:7]combed flax will be in despair,
and the weavers of white cotton.
10Those who are the #[Gal. 2:9] pillars of the land will be crushed,
and all who #Jer. 46:21work for pay will be grieved.
11The princes of #ch. 30:4; Num. 13:22; Ps. 78:43Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
12Where then are your #1 Kgs. 4:30; Acts 7:22wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13The princes of #[See ver. 11 above] Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of #Jer. 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Ezek. 30:13, 16 Memphis are deluded;
those who are the #[Zech. 10:4]cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14The Lord has mingled within her #[1 Kgs. 22:22] a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
# [ch. 24:20; 29:9] as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15And there will be nothing for Egypt
that #ch. 9:14head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed
16In that day the Egyptians will be #Jer. 50:37; 51:30; Nah. 3:13 like women, and #ch. 10:32tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them. 17And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.
18 # ver. 21 In that day there will be #[ch. 30:17; 2 Kgs. 7:13] five cities in the land of Egypt that #[Zeph. 3:9]speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.#19:18 Dead Sea Scroll and some other manuscripts City of the Sun
19In that day there will be an #[2 Kgs. 5:17] altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a #[Gen. 28:18]pillar to the Lord at its border. 20#[See ver. 19 above] It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, #[Obad. 21]he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them. 21#[ver. 25] And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day #Zech. 14:16-18; [ch. 2:2]and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them. 22#Jer. 46:25, 26And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
23 # ch. 11:16 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, #[ver. 18, 21; Zeph. 3:9]and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, #[Gen. 12:2, 3]a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt #[Hos. 2:23] my people, and Assyria #ch. 29:23 the work of my hands, and #Deut. 32:9Israel my inheritance.”
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