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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Isaiah 19</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/bsb/spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/isaiah/19.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="/bmc//isaiah/19-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="/isaiah/">Isaiah</a> > Isaiah 19</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../isaiah/18.htm" title="Isaiah 18">◄</a> Isaiah 19 <a href="../isaiah/20.htm" title="Isaiah 20">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div align="center" id="jump2"><a href="/niv/isaiah/19.htm">NIV</a> • <a href="/nlt/isaiah/19.htm">NLT</a> • <a href="/esv/isaiah/19.htm">ESV</a> • <a href="/kjv/isaiah/19.htm">KJV</a> • <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/19.htm">NKJ</a> • <a href="/nasb/isaiah/19.htm">NAS</a></div><br /><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="1%" valign="top">BSB</td><td width="99%" valign="top" align="right"><a href="/parallel/isaiah/19.htm" style="font-weight:normal" title="Parallel Chapters">Parallel Chapters ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">The Burden against Egypt<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>This is the burden against Egypt: <p class="indent1stline"> Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; <p class="indent2"> He is coming to Egypt. <p class="indent1"> The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, <p class="indent2"> and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them. <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; <p class="indent2"> brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, <p class="indent2"> city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, <p class="indent2"> and I will frustrate their plans, <p class="indent1"> so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, <p class="indent2"> to mediums and spiritists. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, <p class="indent2"> and a fierce king will rule over them,” <p class="selah"> declares the Lord GOD of Hosts. <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The waters of the Nile will dry up, <p class="indent2"> and the riverbed will be parched and empty. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The canals will stink; <p class="indent2"> the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; <p class="indent2"> the reeds and rushes will wither. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The bulrushes by the Nile, <p class="indent2"> by the mouth of the river, <p class="indent1"> and all the fields sown along the Nile, <p class="indent2"> will wither, blow away, and be no more. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Then the fishermen will mourn, <p class="indent2"> all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, <p class="indent2"> and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The workers in flax will be dismayed, <p class="indent2"> and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>The workers in cloth<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> will be dejected, <p class="indent2"> and all the hired workers will be sick at heart. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>The princes of Zoan are mere fools; <p class="indent2"> Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. <p class="indent1"> How can you say to Pharaoh, <p class="indent2">“I am one of the wise, <p class="indent2"> a son of eastern kings”? <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Where are your wise men now? <p class="indent2"> Let them tell you and reveal <p class="indent2"> what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The princes of Zoan have become fools; <p class="indent2"> the princes of Memphis<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> are deceived. <p class="indent1"> The cornerstones of her tribes <p class="indent2"> have led Egypt astray. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD has poured into her <p class="indent2"> a spirit of confusion. <p class="indent1"> Egypt has been led astray in all she does, <p class="indent2"> as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>There is nothing Egypt can do—<p class="indent2"> head or tail, palm or reed. <A name="17"></a><p class="hdg">A Blessing upon the Earth<p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them. <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it. <A name="19"></a><p class="reg"><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 Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> <A name="20"></a><p class="reg"><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 center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border. <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them. <A name="22"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them. <A name="23"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them. <A name="24"></a><p class="reg"><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. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. <A name="25"></a><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="/isaiah/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>Its pillars</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> LXX; Hebrew <i>Noph</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Some MT manuscripts, DSS, and Vulgate; most MT manuscripts <i>City of Destruction</i><span class="thin"> </span><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Berean Bible (<a href=http://berean.bible>www.Berean.Bible</a>) <a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Study Bible (BSB)</a> © 2016, 2020 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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