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<t><p class="indent1">The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, <t><p class="indent1">And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“So I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; <t><p class="indent1">And they will fight, each one against his brother and each one against his neighbor, <t><p class="indent1">City against city, kingdom against kingdom. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them <i>and</i> emptied out; <t><p class="indent1">And I will confuse their strategy, <t><p class="indent1">So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, <t><p class="indent1">And mediums and soothsayers. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“And I will hand over the Egyptians to a hard <i>and</i> cruel master, <t><p class="indent1">And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of hosts. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The waters from the sea will dry up, <t><p class="indent1">And the river will be parched and dry. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The canals will become foul-smelling, <t><p class="indent1">The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up, <t><p class="indent1">The reeds and the rushes will rot away. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The meadows by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile, <t><p class="indent1">And all the sown fields of the Nile <t><p class="indent1">Will become dry, be blown away, and be no more. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief), <t><p class="indent1">And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn, <t><p class="indent1">And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Moreover, those who make linen from combed flax <t><p class="indent1">And those who weave white cloth will be ashamed. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>[Those who are] the pillars <i>and</i> foundations <i>of Egypt</i> will be crushed; <t><p class="indent1">And all those who work for wages will be grieved in soul. <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The princes of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>Zoan are complete fools; <t><p class="indent1">The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid. <t><p class="indent1">How can you say to Pharaoh, <p class="indent1stline">“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?” <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Where then are your wise men? <t><p class="indent1">Please let them tell you, <t><p class="indent1">And let them understand what the LORD of hosts <t><p class="indent1">Has purposed against Egypt [if they can]. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The princes of Zoan have acted like fools, <t><p class="indent1">The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope]; <t><p class="indent1"><i>Those who are</i> the cornerstone of her tribes <t><p class="indent1">Have led Egypt astray. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD has mixed a spirit of distortion within her; <t><p class="indent1">Her leaders have caused Egypt to stagger in all that she does, <t><p class="indent1">As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There will be no work for Egypt <t><p class="indent1">Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The land of Judah [Assyria’s ally] will become a terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is planning against Egypt. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear <i>allegiance</i> to the LORD of hosts. One [of them] will be called the City of <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>Destruction. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a memorial stone to the LORD near its border. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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, a [Great] Defender, and He will rescue them. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>And so the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know [heed, honor, and cherish] the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifices [of animals] and offerings [of produce]; they will make a vow to the LORD and fulfill it. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but healing it; so they will return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and heal them. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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 <i>and</i> serve [the LORD] with the Assyrians. <p class="paragraph"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In that day Israel will be the third <i>party</i> with Egypt and with Assyria [in a Messianic league], a blessing in the midst of the earth, <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My heritage.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">1</span> I.e. an urgent message the prophet is under compulsion to proclaim.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">11</span> Or <i>Tanis,</i> an ancient capital of the Pharaohs.<br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> A number of manuscripts read <i>sun,</i> so that the name is taken to be Heliopolis.<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Amplified Bible Copyright © 2015<br>by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved <a href="http://www.lockman.org">www.lockman.org</a><br><br><a href="/">Bible Hub</a><br>                                                                                                                                <span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../isaiah/18.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 18"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 18" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../isaiah/20.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 20"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 20" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>