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Book of Isaiah, Chapter 19

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Chapter 19 of Isaiah—New World Translation (NWT)

  1. ¶ The pronouncement against Egypt:1 Look! Jehovah is riding on a swift cloud2 and coming into Egypt. And the valueless gods of Egypt will certainly quiver because of him,3 and the very heart of Egypt will melt in the midst of it.4
  2. ¶ “And I will goad Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will certainly war each one against his brother, and each one against his companion, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.5
  3. And the spirit of Egypt must become bewildered in the midst of it,6 and I shall confuse its own counsel.7 And they will be certain to resort to the valueless gods8 and to the charmers and to the spirit mediums[a] and to the professional foretellers of events.9
  4. And I will deliver up Egypt into the hand of a hard master,[b] and strong will be the king that will rule over them,”10 is the utterance of the [true] Lord,[c] Jehovah of armies.
  5. ¶ And the water will certainly be dried up from the sea, and the river itself will become parched and actually run dry.11
  6. And the rivers must stink; the Nile canals of Egypt[d] must become low and parched.12 The reed13 and the rush themselves must molder.[e]
  7. The bare places[f] by the Nile River, at the mouth of the Nile River, and every seedland of the Nile River will dry up.14 It will certainly be driven away, and it will be no more.
  8. And the fishers will have to mourn, and all those casting fishhooks into the Nile River must express sorrow, and even those spreading fishing nets upon the surface of the water will actually fade away.15
  9. And the workers in carded flax16 must become ashamed; also the loom workers on white fabrics.
  10. And her weavers17 must become crushed, all the wage workers grieved in soul.
  11. ¶ The princes of Zoʹan18 are indeed foolish. As regards the wise ones of Pharʹaoh’s counselors, [their] counsel is something unreasonable.19 How will YOU men say to Pharʹaoh: “I am the son of wise ones, the son of kings of ancient time”?
  12. Where, then, are they—the wise men of yours20—that they may now tell you and that they may know what Jehovah of armies has counseled concerning Egypt?[g]21
  13. The princes of Zoʹan have acted foolishly,22 the princes of Noph[h]23 have been deceived, the keymen24 of her tribes have caused Egypt to wander about.
  14. Jehovah himself has mingled in the midst of her[i] the spirit of disconcertedness;25 and they have caused Egypt to wander about in all its work, just as someone drunk is made to wander about in his vomit.26
  15. And Egypt will not come to have any work that the head or the tail, the shoot or the rush, can do.27
  16. ¶ In that day Egypt will become like women, and it will certainly tremble28 and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of Jehovah of armies which he is waving against it.29
  17. And the ground of Judah must become to Egypt a cause for reeling.30 Everybody to whom one mentions it[j] is in dread because of the counsel of Jehovah of armies that he is counseling against him.31
  18. ¶ In that day there will prove to be five cities in the land of Egypt32 speaking the language of Caʹnaan33 and swearing34 to Jehovah of armies. The City of Tearing Down[k] will one [city] be called.
  19. ¶ In that day there will prove to be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt,35 and a pillar to Jehovah beside its boundary.
  20. And it must prove to be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of armies in the land of Egypt;36 for they will cry out to Jehovah because of the oppressors,37 and he will send them a savior, even a grand one, who will[l] actually deliver them.38
  21. And Jehovah will certainly become known to the Egyptians;39 and the Egyptians must know Jehovah in that day, and they must render sacrifice and gift40 and must make a vow to Jehovah and pay it.41
  22. And Jehovah will certainly deal Egypt a blow.42 There will be a dealing of a blow and a healing;[m]43 and they must return to Jehovah,44 and he must let himself be entreated by them and must heal them.45
  23. ¶ In that day there will come to be a highway46 out of Egypt to As·syrʹi·a, and As·syrʹi·a will actually come into Egypt, and Egypt into As·syrʹi·a; and they will certainly render service, Egypt with As·syrʹi·a.
  24. In that day Israel will come to be the third with Egypt and with As·syrʹi·a,47 namely, a blessing in the midst of the earth,[n]48
  25. because Jehovah of armies will have blessed it,49 saying: “Blessed be my people, Egypt, and the work of my hands, As·syrʹi·a,50 and my inheritance, Israel.”51

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ “Spirit mediums.” Agents used as a vessel of a demon of divination. Lat., py·thoʹnes. See Ac 16:16.
  2. ^ “Master.” Heb., ʼadho·nimʹ, pl. of ʼa·dhohnʹ, to denote majesty, modified by the sing. adjective “hard.”
  3. ^ See App 1H.
  4. ^ “Egypt.” Heb., Ma·tsohrʹ.
  5. ^ Or, “must be taken by lice.”
  6. ^ Or, “The rushes.”
  7. ^ “Egypt.” Heb., Mits·raʹyim.
  8. ^ Or, “Memphis.”
  9. ^ “Her,” evidently referring to the land, fem.; LXX, “them.”
  10. ^ “It,” fem., referring to the “ground,” fem.
  11. ^ “Tearing Down.” M(Heb.), ha·Heʹres; 1QIsa(Heb.), ha·Cheʹres, “the Sun”; Syr., He·res; Lat., Soʹlis, “(of) the Sun”; Gr., A·se·dekʹ, a transliteration of the Heb. word hats·tseʹdheq, “the righteousness.” (See Gins.Int, pp. 406, 407.) T paraphrases to read: “(City of) the House of the Sun, which is to be destroyed.”
  12. ^ Or, “and will”; or, “and he will.”
  13. ^ Or, “deal Egypt a blow, dealing [it] a blow and healing [it].” In Heb. the latter two verbs are in the infinitive absolute, indefinite as to time and impersonal.
  14. ^ Or, “the land.” Heb., ha·ʼaʹrets.

REFERENCES

  1. ^ Je 25:19; Eze 29:2; Jl 3:19
  2. ^ De 33:26; Ps 68:33
  3. ^ Ex 12:12; Je 43:12; 46:25; Eze 30:13
  4. ^ Ps 76:12
  5. ^ Mt 12:25
  6. ^ De 7:20; Jos 2:11
  7. ^ Pr 19:21; 21:30; Is 19:11; 1Co 3:20
  8. ^ Je 16:20; 1Co 8:4
  9. ^ Is 8:19; 44:25; Ac 16:16; Re 18:23
  10. ^ Je 46:2, 26; Eze 29:19
  11. ^ Eze 30:12; Zc 10:11
  12. ^ 2Ki 19:24; Is 37:25
  13. ^ Ex 2:3; Jb 40:21
  14. ^ De 11:10; Eze 29:10
  15. ^ Nu 11:5
  16. ^ Ex 9:31; Pr 7:16
  17. ^ Ex 35:35
  18. ^ Nu 13:22; Ps 78:12; Is 30:4; Eze 30:14
  19. ^ Is 44:25; 1Co 3:19
  20. ^ Ge 41:8; 1Ki 4:30; Ec 7:23; Ac 7:22
  21. ^ Jb 11:7; Ro 11:33
  22. ^ Ro 1:22
  23. ^ Je 46:14; Eze 30:13; Ho 9:6
  24. ^ Jg 20:2; 1Sa 14:38
  25. ^ Jb 12:20, 24; Is 19:3; 2Th 2:11
  26. ^ Ps 107:27; Pr 20:1; Is 28:7; Je 48:26
  27. ^ Is 9:15
  28. ^ Ps 48:6; Je 30:6
  29. ^ Is 10:32; 11:15; Zc 2:9
  30. ^ Je 25:26; 43:11; Eze 29:6
  31. ^ Is 14:24; 20:3; Da 4:35
  32. ^ Je 43:7; 44:1; Eze 30:14
  33. ^ 2Ki 18:28
  34. ^ De 10:20; Je 4:2; 12:16
  35. ^ Je 43:7; Jn 17:15; Re 11:8
  36. ^ Je 32:20
  37. ^ Ps 50:15
  38. ^ Lu 2:11
  39. ^ Ps 83:18; 98:2; Hab 2:14
  40. ^ Zp 3:10; Ml 1:11
  41. ^ Ec 5:4
  42. ^ Is 19:1; Je 46:13
  43. ^ De 32:39; Is 57:18; Je 33:6; Ho 6:1
  44. ^ Is 19:18; Je 44:1
  45. ^ 1Ki 8:43; Je 50:19; Zc 8:22
  46. ^ Is 11:16; 35:8; 40:3
  47. ^ De 32:43; Ps 117:1; Zc 2:11
  48. ^ Ge 12:3; Eze 34:26; Zc 8:13; Ga 3:14
  49. ^ Ps 67:6; 115:12; Is 61:9; 65:8
  50. ^ Ho 2:23; Ro 3:29
  51. ^ De 32:9; Am 3:2; Ml 3:17; 1Pe 2:9

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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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