Reference
|
Text
|
Isaiah 19:1
|
The burden of Egypt: "Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
|
Isaiah 19:2
|
I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
|
Isaiah 19:3
|
The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
|
Isaiah 19:4
|
I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them," says the Lord, the LORD of Armies.
|
Isaiah 19:5
|
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
|
Isaiah 19:6
|
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
|
Isaiah 19:7
|
The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
|
Isaiah 19:8
|
The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.
|
Isaiah 19:9
|
Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.
|
Isaiah 19:10
|
The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul.
|
Isaiah 19:11
|
The princes of Tzo`an are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Par`oh has become stupid. How do you say to Par`oh, "I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?"
|
Isaiah 19:12
|
Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what the LORD of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.
|
Isaiah 19:13
|
The princes of Tzo`an have become fools. The princes of Mof are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of her tribes.
|
Isaiah 19:14
|
The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
|
Isaiah 19:15
|
Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.
|
Isaiah 19:16
|
In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of Armies, which he shakes over them.
|
Isaiah 19:17
|
The land of Yehudah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of the LORD of Armies, which he determines against it.
|
Isaiah 19:18
|
In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Kena`an, and swear to the LORD of Armies. One will be called "The city of destruction."
|
Isaiah 19:19
|
In that day, there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.
|
Isaiah 19:20
|
It will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them.
|
Isaiah 19:21
|
The LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to the LORD, and will perform it.
|
Isaiah 19:22
|
The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to the LORD, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them.
|
Isaiah 19:23
|
In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Ashur, and the Ashur shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Ashur; and the Egyptians will worship with the Ashur.
|
Isaiah 19:24
|
In that day, Yisra'el will be the third with Egypt and with Ashur, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
|
Isaiah 19:25
|
because the LORD of Armies has blessed them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Ashur the work of my hands, and Yisra'el my inheritance."
|