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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 19

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Isaiah 19 NASB - New American Standard BibleIsaiah 19 NASB - New American Standard Bible

Chapter 19 of IsaiahNew American Standard Bible (NASB)



  1. ¶ The [a]1oracle concerning 2Egypt.
    ¶ Behold, the LORD is 3riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
    The 4idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
    And the 5heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
  2. “So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
    And they will 6each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,
    City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
  3. “Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
    And I will confound their strategy,
    So that 7they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
    And to [b]mediums and spiritists.
  4. “Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a 8cruel master,
    And a [c]mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord [d]GOD of hosts.
  5. 9The waters from the sea will dry up,
    And the river will be parched and dry.
  6. The [e]10canals will emit a stench,
    The [f]11streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
    12The reeds and rushes will rot away.
  7. The bulrushes by the 13Nile, by the [g]edge of the Nile
    And all the sown fields by the Nile
    Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
  8. And the 14fishermen will lament,
    And all those who cast a [h]line into the Nile will mourn,
    And those who spread nets on the waters will [i]pine away.
  9. Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
    And the weavers of white 15cloth will be [j]utterly dejected.
  10. And [k]the 16pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
    All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
  11. ¶ The princes of [l]17Zoan are mere fools;
    The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [m]stupid.
    How can you men say to Pharaoh,
    “I am a son of the 18wise, a son of ancient kings”?
  12. Well then, where are your wise men?
    Please let them tell you,
    And let them [n]understand what the LORD of hosts
    Has 19purposed against Egypt.
  13. The princes of [o]Zoan have acted foolishly,
    The princes of 20Memphis are deluded;
    Those who are the 21cornerstone of her tribes
    Have [p]led Egypt astray.
  14. The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of 22distortion;
    23They have led Egypt astray in all [q]that it does,
    As a 24drunken man [r]staggers in his vomit.
  15. There will be no work for Egypt
    25Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
  16. ¶ In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in 26dread because of the 27waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
  17. The land of Judah will become a [s]terror to Egypt; everyone [t]to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the 28purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is purposing against them.
  18. ¶ In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and 29swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of [u]Destruction.
  19. ¶ In that day there will be an 30altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a 31pillar to the LORD near its border.
  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 32Savior and a [v]33Champion, and He will deliver them.
  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 34sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.
  22. The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but 35healing; so they will 36return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
  23. ¶ In that day there will be a 37highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will 38worship with the Assyrians.
  24. ¶ In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
  25. whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is 39Egypt My people, and Assyria 40the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”


FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Or burden of
  2. ^ Or ghosts and spirits
  3. ^ Or fierce
  4. ^ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
  5. ^ Lit rivers
  6. ^ Or Nile branches; i.e. the delta
  7. ^ Or mouth
  8. ^ Lit hook
  9. ^ Or languish
  10. ^ Lit ashamed
  11. ^ Lit her pillars or, her weavers
  12. ^ Or Tanis
  13. ^ Or brutish
  14. ^ Or know
  15. ^ Or Tanis
  16. ^ Or have caused Egypt to stagger
  17. ^ Lit its work
  18. ^ Or goes astray
  19. ^ Or cause of shame
  20. ^ Lit who mentions it will be in dread to it
  21. ^ Some ancient mss and versions read the Sun
  22. ^ Lit Mighty One

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Is 13:1
  2. ^ Jl 3:19
  3. ^ Ps 18:9, 10; 104:3; Mt 26:64; Re 1:7
  4. ^ Ex 12:12; Je 43:12; 44:8
  5. ^ Jos 2:11; Is 13:7
  6. ^ Jg 7:22; 1Sa 14:20; 2Ch 20:23; Mt 10:21, 36
  7. ^ 1Ch 10:13; Is 8:19; Da 2:2
  8. ^ Is 20:4; Je 46:26; Eze 29:19
  9. ^ Is 50:2; Je 51:36; Eze 30:12
  10. ^ Ex 7:18
  11. ^ Is 37:25
  12. ^ Ex 2:3; Jb 8:11; Is 15:6
  13. ^ Is 23:3, 10
  14. ^ Eze 47:10; Hab 1:15
  15. ^ Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7
  16. ^ Ps 11:3
  17. ^ Nu 13:22; Ps 78:12, 43; Is 30:4
  18. ^ Ge 41:38, 39; 1Ki 4:30; Ac 7:22
  19. ^ Is 14:24; Ro 9:17
  20. ^ Je 2:16; 46:14, 19; Eze 30:13
  21. ^ Zc 10:4
  22. ^ Pr 12:8; Mt 17:17
  23. ^ Is 3:12; 9:16
  24. ^ Is 28:7
  25. ^ Is 9:14, 15
  26. ^ 2Co 5:11; Heb 10:31
  27. ^ Is 11:15
  28. ^ Is 14:24; Da 4:35
  29. ^ Is 45:23; 65:16
  30. ^ Is 56:7; 60:7
  31. ^ Ge 28:18; Ex 24:4; Jos 22:10, 26, 27
  32. ^ Is 43:3, 11; 45:15, 21; 49:26; 60:16; 63:8
  33. ^ Is 49:25
  34. ^ Is 56:7; 60:7; Zc 14:16-18
  35. ^ De 32:39; Is 30:26; 57:18; Heb 12:11
  36. ^ Is 27:13; 45:14; Ho 14:1
  37. ^ Is 11:16; 35:8; 49:11; 62:10
  38. ^ Is 27:13
  39. ^ Is 45:14
  40. ^ Ps 100:3; Is 29:23; 45:11; 60:21; 64:8; Eph 2:10

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Comments

  1. Kiamia DoelKiamia Doel
    Jan 9, 2025 23:00 GMT

    The NWT adds words to the text that are not in the greek Manuscripts to fit it's own doctrinal position for example

    Compare the wording of the NWT and the NKJV at Colossians 1:15-17

    NKJV says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation. 16 For by Him all things were created that are in heaven and that are on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers. All things were created through Him and for Him. 17 And He is before all things, and in Him all things consist.

    NWT says

    15 He is the image of the invisible God,the firstborn OF all creation;16 because by means of him all OTHER things were created in the heavens and on the earth, the things visible and the things invisible,whether they are thrones or lordships or governments or authorities. All OTHER things have been created through him and for him. 17 Also, he is before all OTHER things,and by means of him all OTHER things were made to exist,

    The word “other” is not in the Greek but they add it Why? So they can decieve their followers into thinking that Christ was created by the Father and that he then created other things, that is not what the Greek says.

    1. SmeSme
      Feb 27, 2025 11:17 GMT

      Truth is from God and those that follow him. As for lies? John8:44

      Kiamia, I noticed you used a modern version of kjv to make your point about the nwt.

      Why didn’t you use the original kjv of col1:15?

      Is it because it disproves your point? It proves the opposite of what you wrote?

      Here is kjv col1:15 ¶” Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn OF every creature:“

      Now I appeal to your Christian nature to correct your mistake as God is watching each of us, and let us bless the God of Jesus his father.

      Kjv 1Pe 1:3  Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ….

  2. YanekYanek
    Dec 24, 2024 22:18 GMT

    Joshua, Jehovah’s Witnesses have never denied the deity of the Messiah in his prehuman existence. While on Earth he was fully 100% human. I do not mean he was a mere human, he was not affected by Adam’s unfaithful behavior, he was sinless.

  3. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  4. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. James LernerJames Lerner
      Jul 20, 2024 09:48 GMT

      The NWT is Satanic filth to its very core.

      The JW Cult is Satanic to its very core.

      Praise Yahweh I will never be a victim of JW brainwashing. If I burn in Hell for eternity or I am ultimately annihilated so be it

      May Yahweh's curse rest on the Watchtower Society and its Satanic leadership

    2. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  5. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  6. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

    2. ChrisChris
      Jan 8, 2021 07:15 GMT

      Please site these intentional heresies. I am well versed in the watch tower outline and agree they are in many ways incorrect but i also bet i can point many out from EVERY established or main denomination. There is much to learn from them all as one who drinks milk?

      Judge not lest ye be judged, that is not to pass judgement on you either brother.

      I debate with scripture. I don't hold it to be true that Michael is Y'Shua HaMeshiach but I also firmly hold it to be true that our G-d and Heavenly Father are not the word encarnate and only begotten son.

      I love not seeing "lord" which i relate to baal. I feel the catholic church is a satanic establishment and I am aware a freemason started the hovies but there are evil in high places and our fight is also with principalities.

      What i'm saying is that in my darkest hours, those two were some of if not the only ones who would bring a Bible and eucharist and pray with me.

      We all fall short of the glory of G-d.

      Don't forget the NWT was recognized as the most accurate translation on Jeopardy.

      Lastly, this is different I noted than the NWT i have read and am very familiar with. Pull up the watchtower page and compare. I truly look forward to getting this one!

  7. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  8. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  9. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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