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| | Isa 19:1 | The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
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| | Isa 19:2 | "So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor, City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
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| | Isa 19:3 | "Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confound their strategy, So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists.
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| | Isa 19:4 | "Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master, And a mighty king will rule over them," declares the Lord God of hosts.
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| | Isa 19:5 | The waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry.
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| | Isa 19:6 | The canals will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.
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| | Isa 19:7 | The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile And all the sown fields by the Nile Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
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| | Isa 19:8 | And the fishermen will lament, And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
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| | Isa 19:9 | Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.
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| | Isa 19:10 | And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
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| | Isa 19:11 | The princes of Zoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings"?
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| | Isa 19:12 | Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the Lord of hosts Has purposed against Egypt.
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| | Isa 19:13 | The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly, The princes of Memphis are deluded; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray.
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| | Isa 19:14 | The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of distortion; They have led Egypt astray in all that it does, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
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| | Isa 19:15 | There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
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| | Isa 19:16 | In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
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| | Isa 19:17 | The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the Lord of hosts which He is purposing against them.
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| | Isa 19:18 | In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.
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| | Isa 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 near its border.
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| | Isa 19:20 | It will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them.
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| | Isa 19:21 | Thus the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it.
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| | Isa 19:22 | The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing; so they will return to the Lord, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
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| | Isa 19:23 | In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
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| | Isa 19:24 | In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
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| | Isa 19:25 | whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
