Isa 19:1-17 | NASB2020 | STEP | The pronouncement 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

Message to Egypt

1 The ^apronouncement concerning ^bEgypt:

Behold, the Lord is ^criding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The ^didols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the ^eheart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2 “So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will fight, ^feach 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 confuse their strategy,
So that ^gthey will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead,
And to ^{▼▼Or ghosts and spirits}mediums and spiritists.
4 “Furthermore, I will hand the Egyptians over to a ⁱcruel master,
And a ^{▼▼Or fierce}mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord ^{▼▼Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord}God of armies.

5 ^lThe waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
6 The ^{▼▼Lit rivers
,} ⁿcanals will emit a stench,
The ^{▼▼Or Nile branches; i.e., the delta
,} ^pstreams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
^qThe reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 The bulrushes by the ^rNile, 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 ^tfishermen will grieve,
And all those who cast a ^{▼▼Lit hook}line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.
9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white ^vcloth will be ^{▼▼Lit ashamed}utterly dejected.
10 And ^{▼▼Lit her pillars; or her weavers}the ^ypillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.

11 The officials of ^{▼▼Or Tanis
,} ^aaZoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become ^{▼▼Or brutish}stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the ^acwise, 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 armies
Has ^aeplanned against Egypt.
13 The officials of ^{▼▼Or Tanis}Zoan have turned out to be fools,
The officials of ^agMemphis are deluded;
Those who are the ^ahcornerstone of her tribes
Have ^{▼▼Or have caused Egypt to stagger}led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of ^ajdistortion;
^akThey have led Egypt astray in all ^{▼▼Lit its work}that it does,
As a ^amdrunken person ^{▼▼Or goes astray}staggers in his vomit.
15 There will be no work for Egypt
^aoWhich its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
16 On that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in great ^apfear because of the ^aqwaving of the hand of the Lord of armies, which He is going to wave over them. 17 The land of Judah will become a cause of shame to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in great fear because of the ^arplan of the Lord of armies which He is making against them.