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Isaiah 19 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Proclamation Against Egypt
Prophecy Against Egypt

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:1 - The burden against Egypt.

Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:2 - “I will set Egyptians against Egyptians;
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:3 - The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:4 - And the Egyptians I will give
Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the LORD of hosts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:5 - The waters will fail from the sea,
And the river will be wasted and dried up.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:6 - The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:7 - The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,
And everything sown by the River,[fn]
Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:8 - The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:9 - Moreover those who work in fine flax
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:10 - And its foundations will be broken.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:11 - Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:12 - Where are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the LORD of hosts has purposed against Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:13 - The princes of Zoan have become fools;
The princes of Noph[fn] are deceived;
They have also deluded Egypt,
Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:14 - The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:15 - Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which the head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:16 - In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He waves over it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:17 - And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts which He has determined against it.
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:18 - In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:19 - In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD at its border.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:20 - And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:21 - Then the LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:22 - And the LORD will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the LORD, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:23 - In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:24 - In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land,

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 19:25 - whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
That is, the Nile
That is, ancient Memphis
Compare Isaiah 9:14–16
Some Hebrew manuscripts, Arabic, Dead Sea Scrolls, Targum, and Vulgate read Sun; Septuagint reads Asedek (literally Righteousness).
NKJV

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