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Isaiah 19
New International Version

### A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.

2 “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,(E)
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.(F)
3 The Egyptians will lose heart,(G)
and I will bring their plans(H) to nothing;(I)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.(J)
4 I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(K) will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

5 The waters of the river will dry up,(L)
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(M)
6 The canals will stink;(N)
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(O)
The reeds(P) and rushes will wither,(Q)
7 also the plants(R) along the Nile,
at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(S) along the Nile
will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(T)
8 The fishermen(U) will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks(V) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.
9 Those who work with combed flax(W) will despair,
the weavers of fine linen(X) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

11 The officials of Zoan(Y) are nothing but fools;
the wise counselors(Z) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(AA)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise men,(AB)
a disciple of the ancient kings”?

12 Where are your wise men(AC) now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned(AD) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(AE) have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis(AF) are deceived;
the cornerstones(AG) of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;(AH)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers(AI) around in his vomit.
15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
head or tail, palm branch or reed.(AJ)

16 In that day(AK) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(AL) They will shudder with fear(AM) at the uplifted hand(AN) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(AO) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(AP) against them.

18 In that day(AQ) five cities(AR) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance(AS) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[a](AT)

19 In that day(AU) there will be an altar(AV) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(AW) and a monument(AX) to the Lord at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness(AY) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior(AZ) and defender, and he will rescue(BA) them. 21 So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge(BB) the Lord. They will worship(BC) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.(BD) 22 The Lord will strike(BE) Egypt with a plague;(BF) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(BG) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(BH) them.

23 In that day(BI) there will be a highway(BJ) from Egypt to Assyria.(BK) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(BL) together. 24 In that day(BM) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(BN) a blessing[b](BO) on the earth. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless(BP) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(BQ) Assyria my handiwork,(BR) and Israel my inheritance.(BS)”

#### Footnotes

1. Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
2. Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

#### Cross references

1. Isaiah 19:1 : Isa 13:1
2. Isaiah 19:1 : S Ex 12:12; Isa 20:3; S Jer 44:3; Joel 3:19
3. Isaiah 19:1 : S Dt 10:14; S 2Sa 22:10; S Rev 1:7
4. Isaiah 19:1 : S Jos 2:11
5. Isaiah 19:2 : S Jdg 7:22; S 12:4; Mt 10:21, 36
6. Isaiah 19:2 : S 2Ch 15:6; 20:23; Mt 24:7; Mk 13:8; Lk 21:10
7. Isaiah 19:3 : Ps 18:45
8. Isaiah 19:3 : ver 11; S Job 5:12
9. Isaiah 19:3 : 1Ch 10:13
10. Isaiah 19:3 : S Lev 19:31; Isa 47:13; Da 2:2, 10; 3:8; 5:7
11. Isaiah 19:4 : Isa 20:4; Jer 46:26; Eze 29:19; 32:11
12. Isaiah 19:5 : Isa 44:27; 50:2; Jer 50:38; 51:36
13. Isaiah 19:5 : S 2Sa 14:14
14. Isaiah 19:6 : Ex 7:18
15. Isaiah 19:6 : Isa 37:25; Eze 30:12
16. Isaiah 19:6 : S Ge 41:2; S Job 8:11
17. Isaiah 19:6 : Isa 15:6
18. Isaiah 19:7 : Nu 11:5
19. Isaiah 19:7 : Dt 29:23; Isa 23:3
20. Isaiah 19:7 : Zec 10:11
21. Isaiah 19:8 : Nu 11:5; Eze 47:10
22. Isaiah 19:8 : Am 4:2; Hab 1:15
23. Isaiah 19:9 : S Jos 2:6
24. Isaiah 19:9 : Pr 7:16; Eze 16:10; 27:7
25. Isaiah 19:11 : S Nu 13:22
26. Isaiah 19:11 : S Ge 41:37
27. Isaiah 19:11 : S ver 3
28. Isaiah 19:11 : S 1Ki 4:30; Ac 7:22
29. Isaiah 19:12 : 1Co 1:20
30. Isaiah 19:12 : S Isa 14:24; Ro 9:17
31. Isaiah 19:13 : S Nu 13:22
32. Isaiah 19:13 : Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14, 19; Eze 30:13, 16; Hos 9:6
33. Isaiah 19:13 : S Ps 118:22
34. Isaiah 19:14 : S Pr 12:8; Mt 17:17
35. Isaiah 19:14 : S Ps 107:27
36. Isaiah 19:15 : S Isa 9:14
37. Isaiah 19:16 : Isa 2:17; 11:10
38. Isaiah 19:16 : Jer 50:37; 51:30; Na 3:13
39. Isaiah 19:16 : S Dt 2:25; Heb 10:31
40. Isaiah 19:16 : S Isa 11:15
41. Isaiah 19:17 : S Ge 35:5
42. Isaiah 19:17 : S Isa 14:24
43. Isaiah 19:18 : S Isa 10:20
44. Isaiah 19:18 : Jer 44:1
45. Isaiah 19:18 : Ps 22:27; S 63:11; Isa 48:1; Jer 4:2; Zep 3:9
46. Isaiah 19:18 : Isa 17:1; 24:12; 32:19; fn Jer 43:13
47. Isaiah 19:19 : S Isa 10:20
48. Isaiah 19:19 : S Jos 22:10
49. Isaiah 19:19 : S Ps 68:31
50. Isaiah 19:19 : S Ge 28:18
51. Isaiah 19:20 : S Ge 21:30
52. Isaiah 19:20 : S Dt 28:29; S Jdg 2:18; S Isa 25:9
53. Isaiah 19:20 : Isa 49:24-26
54. Isaiah 19:21 : S Isa 11:9; S 43:10
55. Isaiah 19:21 : ver 19; S Ge 27:29; S Ps 86:9; Isa 56:7; 60:7; Mal 1:11
56. Isaiah 19:21 : S Nu 30:2; S Dt 23:21
57. Isaiah 19:22 : Ex 12:23; Heb 12:11
58. Isaiah 19:22 : Ex 11:10
59. Isaiah 19:22 : Isa 45:14; Eze 33:11; Hos 6:1; 10:12; 12:6; 14:1; Joel 2:13
60. Isaiah 19:22 : S Dt 32:39
61. Isaiah 19:23 : S ver 16, 24; Isa 20:6
62. Isaiah 19:23 : S Isa 11:16
63. Isaiah 19:23 : Mic 7:12
64. Isaiah 19:23 : S Ge 27:29; Isa 2:3; 27:13; 66:23
65. Isaiah 19:24 : S ver 23
66. Isaiah 19:24 : S Isa 11:11
67. Isaiah 19:24 : S Ge 12:2
68. Isaiah 19:25 : S Ge 12:3; Eph 2:11-14
69. Isaiah 19:25 : Ps 87:4; S 100:3
70. Isaiah 19:25 : Isa 29:23; 43:7; 45:11; 60:21; 64:8; Eph 2:10
71. Isaiah 19:25 : S Ex 34:9; Jer 30:22; Hos 2:23

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