Isa 19:1-17 | NASB1995 | STEP | The oracle concerning Egypt . Behold , the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt ; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence , And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

Isaiah 19:1-17

1 The ^{▼▼ Or burden of
,} ^boracle concerning ^cEgypt. Behold, the Lord is ^driding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The ^eidols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the ^fheart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2 “So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will ^geach fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
3 “Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that ^hthey will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to ^{▼▼ Or ghosts and spirits}mediums and spiritists.
4 “Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a ^jcruel master,
And a ^{▼▼ Or fierce}mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord ^{▼▼ Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of hosts.

5 ^mThe waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
6 The ^{▼▼ Lit rivers
,} ^ocanals will emit a stench,
The ^{▼▼ Or Nile branches; i.e. the delta
,} ^qstreams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
^rThe reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 The bulrushes by the ^sNile, by the ^{▼▼ Or mouth}edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8 And the ^ufishermen will lament,
And all those who cast a ^{▼▼ Lit hook}line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will ^{▼▼ Or languish}pine away.
9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white ^xcloth will be ^{▼▼ Lit ashamed}utterly dejected.
10 And ^{▼▼ Lit her pillars or, her weavers}the ^aapillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.

11 The princes of ^{▼▼ Or Tanis
,} ^acZoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become ^{▼▼ Or brutish}stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the ^aewise, a son of ancient kings”?
12 Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them ^{▼▼ Or know}understand what the Lord of hosts
Has ^agpurposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of ^{▼▼ Or Tanis}Zoan have acted foolishly,
The princes of ^aiMemphis are deluded;
Those who are the ^ajcornerstone of her tribes
Have ^{▼▼ Or have caused Egypt to stagger}led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of ^aldistortion;
^amThey have led Egypt astray in all ^{▼▼ Lit its work}that it does,
As a ^aodrunken man ^{▼▼ Or goes astray}staggers in his vomit.
15 There will be no work for Egypt
^aqWhich its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.

16 In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in ^ardread because of the ^aswaving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them. 17 The land of Judah will become a ^{▼▼ Or cause of shame}terror to Egypt; everyone ^{▼▼ Lit who mentions it will be in dread to it}to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the ^avpurpose of the Lord of hosts which He is purposing against them.