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An oracle">a</a></span> about Egypt:</p> <p class="poetry2">“Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud,</p> <p class="poetry2">and is coming to Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry2">The idols of Egypt tremble before him,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,</p> <p class="poetry2">and everyone will fight against his brother,</p> <p class="poetry2">everyone against his neighbor,</p> <p class="poetry2">city<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack and">b</a></span> against city,</p> <p class="poetry2">kingdom against kingdom.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:3 1QIsaa MT lack of courage">c</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and I will bring their plans to nothing.</p> <p class="poetry2">They will consult idols<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads consult the idols; LXX reads consult their idols">d</a></span> and spirits of the dead,</p> <p class="poetry2">and mediums and spiritists.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>I will hand the Egyptians over</p> <p class="poetry2">to the power of a cruel master,</p> <p class="poetry2">and a fierce king will rule over them,”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="heading">A Rebuke to Egypt’s Ecology and Industry</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“The water sources<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 1QIsaa MT lack sources">e</a></span> of the Nile<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 Or the sea">f</a></span> will be dried up,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the river<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:5 i.e. the Nile">g</a></span> will become dry and parched.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The canals will stink,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and">h</a></span> the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.</p> <p class="poetry2">Reeds and rushes will wither away.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:6 So 4QIsab MT; 1QIsaa lacks this line">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>And the bulrushes along the Nile,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:7 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">along the mouth of the Nile,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:7 Lit. the River">k</a></span> will wither away.</p> <p class="poetry2">All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched,</p> <p class="poetry2">and<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks and">l</a></span> they will be blown away;</p> <p class="poetry2">there will be nothing left.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read and will be no more; LXX lacks this line">m</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>The fishermen will groan,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament;</p> <p class="poetry2">those who spread nets upon the water</p> <p class="poetry2">will become weaker and weaker.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The workers<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT LXX read And the workers">n</a></span> in combed flax</p> <p class="poetry2">and the weavers of white linen</p> <p class="poetry2">will be in despair.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Egypt’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:10 Lit. Its">o</a></span> workers in cloth<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:10 Lit. Its weavers">p</a></span> will be crushed,</p> <p class="poetry2">and all who work for wages will be sick at heart.”</p> <p class="heading">A Rebuke to Egypt’s Leaders</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Zoan’s princes are nothing but fools;</p> <p class="poetry2">the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice.</p> <p class="poetry2">How can you say to Pharaoh,</p> <p class="poetry2">“I’m a descendant of wise men,</p> <p class="poetry2">a descendant of ancient kings”?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Where are your wise men now?</p> <p class="poetry2">Let them tell you,</p> <p class="poetry2">let them make known</p> <p class="poetry2">what the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT LXX read LORD of the Heavenly Armies">q</a></span> has planned against Egypt.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The princes of Zoan have become fools,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the princes of Memphis deluded;</p> <p class="poetry2">the leaders<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:13 Or cornerstones">r</a></span> of its tribes</p> <p class="poetry2">have led Egypt astray.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>The LORD has mixed<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:14 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads has poured">s</a></span> within them<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:14 Lit. it">t</a></span> a spirit of confusion;</p> <p class="poetry2">so they make Egypt stagger in all that it does,</p> <p class="poetry2">like a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt</p> <p class="poetry2">that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:15 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads do at that time">u</a></span> </p> <p class="heading">Egypt and Syria Will Worship God</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:16 Lit. On that day; so 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab lacks At that time">v</a></span> the Egyptians will be like women—they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read he">w</a></span> will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:16 i.e. Egypt; so 1QIsaa; MT reads Armies, which he brandishes against it; LXX reads Armies, which he brandishes against them">x</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will be afraid, because of the uplifted hand<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:17 Lit. plotting; so 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX read plan">y</a></span> of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:17 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX read hand that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies">z</a></span> is turning in their direction.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:18 Lit. On that day">aa</a></span> there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:18 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab MTmss; MT reads Destruction; LXX reads Asedek City; i.e. City of Righteousness">bb</a></span> </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:19 Lit. On that day">cc</a></span> there will be an altar to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:19 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX lack of the Heavenly Armies">dd</a></span> in the heart of the land of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:19 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads LORD of hosts">ee</a></span> at its border. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in the land of Egypt; when they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior, and he will come down<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read will defend">ff</a></span> and rescue them. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will acknowledge the LORD.</p> <p class="reg">At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:21 Lit. On that day">gg</a></span> they will worship<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read LORD on that day. And they will worship">hh</a></span> with sacrifices and offerings, and they will make vows to the LORD and carry them out. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague, striking but then healing. Then they will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:23 Lit. On that day">ii</a></span> there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and they<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:23 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT LXX read and the Egyptians">jj</a></span> will worship with the Assyrians.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>At that time,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:24 Lit. On that day">kk</a></span> Israel will be in a triple alliance<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:24 Lit. will be the third">ll</a></span> with Egypt and Assyria; they will be<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="19:24 DSS MT lack they will be">mm</a></span> a blessing in the midst of the earth. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/isaiah/19-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 19:1 Lit. <i>An oracle</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 19:2 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX lack <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 19:3 1QIsaa MT lack <i>of courage</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 19:3 So 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>consult the idols</i>; LXX reads <i>consult their idols</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 19:5 1QIsaa MT lack <i>sources</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 19:5 Or <i>the sea</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 19:5 i.e. the Nile<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 19:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 19:6 So 4QIsab MT; 1QIsaa lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 19:7 So 1QIsaa MT; LXX lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 19:7 Lit. <i>the River</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 19:7 So 1QIsaa; the Heb. lacks <i>and</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 19:7 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MT read <i>and will be no more</i>; LXX lacks this line<br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 19:9 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab; MT LXX read <i>And the workers</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 19:10 Lit. <i>Its</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 19:10 Lit. <i>Its weavers</i><br /><span class="fnb">q</span> 19:12 So 1QIsaa; 1QIsaa corrector MT LXX read LORD<i> of the Heavenly Armies</i><br /><span class="fnb">r</span> 19:13 Or <i>cornerstones</i><br /><span class="fnb">s</span> 19:14 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads <i>has poured</i><br /><span class="fnb">t</span> 19:14 Lit. <i>it</i><br /><span class="fnb">u</span> 19:15 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads <i>do at that time</i><br /><span class="fnb">v</span> 19:16 Lit. <i>On that day</i>; so 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab lacks <i>At that time</i><br /><span class="fnb">w</span> 19:16 So 1QIsaa; 4QIsab MTread<i> he</i><br /><span class="fnb">x</span> 19:16 i.e. Egypt; so 1QIsaa; MT reads <i>Armies, which he brandishes against it</i>; LXX reads <i>Armies, which he brandishes against them</i><br /><span class="fnb">y</span> 19:17 Lit. <i>plotting</i>; so 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX read <i>plan</i><br /><span class="fnb">z</span> 19:17 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX read <i>hand that the LORD of the Heavenly Armies</i><br /><span class="fnb">aa</span> 19:18 Lit. <i>On that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">bb</span> 19:18 So 1QIsaa 4QIsab MTmss; MT reads <i>Destruction</i>; LXX reads <i>Asedek City</i>; i.e. <i>City of Righteousness</i><br /><span class="fnb">cc</span> 19:19 Lit. <i>On that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">dd</span> 19:19 So 4QIsab; 1QIsaa MT LXX lack <i>of the Heavenly Armies</i><br /><span class="fnb">ee</span> 19:19 So 1QIsaa MT LXX; 4QIsab reads <i>LORD of hosts</i><br /><span class="fnb">ff</span> 19:20 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>will defend</i><br /><span class="fnb">gg</span> 19:21 Lit. <i>On that day</i><br /><span class="fnb">hh</span> 19:21 So 1QIsaa; MT LXX read <i>LORD on that day. 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