Book of Isaiah, Chapter 19
Isaiah 19 ASV - American Standard VersionChapter 19 of Isaiah—American Standard Version (ASV)
- ¶ The [a]burden of Egypt.
¶ Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. - And I will [b]stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
- And the spirit of Egypt shall [c]fail in the midst of it; and I will [d]destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the [e]charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
- And I will [f]give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
- ¶ And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
- And the rivers shall become foul; the [g]streams of [h]Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
- The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
- And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
- Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave [i]white cloth, shall be confounded.
- And [j]the [k]pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they [l]that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.
- ¶ The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
- Where then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.
- The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.
- Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man [m]staggereth in his vomit.
- Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
- In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.
- And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; [n]every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.
- In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of [o]destruction.
- ¶ In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah.
- And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and [p]a defender, and he will deliver them.
- And Jehovah shall [q]be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day; yea, they shall worship with sacrifice and oblation, and shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and shall perform it.
- And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
- ¶ In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.
- ¶ In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
- for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
FOOTNOTES
- ^ Or, oracle concerning
- ^ Or, join together. Or, arm
- ^ Hebrew be emptied.
- ^ Hebrew swallow up.
- ^ Or, whisperers
- ^ Or, shut up
- ^ Or, canals
- ^ Hebrew Mazor.
- ^ Or, cotton
- ^ Hebrew her pillars.
- ^ Or, foundations
- ^ Or, that make dams
- ^ Or, goeth astray
- ^ Or, every one that maketh mention thereof, to him shall they turn in fear
- ^ Or, Heres. Or, according to another reading, the sun
- ^ Or, a mighty one
- ^ Or, make himself known
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