Isaiah 19

Isaiah · Chapter 19

Isaiah 19:6

1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.2And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.3And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.4And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.10And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?12Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.14The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.16In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it.17And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.18In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.19In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.20And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.21And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.22And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall heal them.23In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:25Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.

King James Version (1769)

Other translations

VerseKJVBSBASV
6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

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Original Hebrew words

EnglishHebrewSay itStrong'sMeaning
and they will stinkוְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּve-he-'ez-NI-chuH2186B
to stink

זָנַח (za.nach) 1) to stink, emit stench, become odious 1a) (Hiphil) stink (perfect)

[the] riversנְהָר֔וֹתne-ha-ROTH5104H
river

נְהַר (ne.har) river Aramaic of na.har (נָהָר "river" H5104H)

they will be lowדָּלֲל֥וּda-la-LUH1809
to languish

דָּלַל (da.lal) 1) to hang, languish, hang down, be low 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to hang low 1a2) to be low 1a3) of distress (fig.) 1a4) to languish, look weakly (of eyes) 1b) (Niphal) to be brought low, be laid low

and they will become dryוְחָרְב֖וּve-cha-re-VUH2717A
to dry

חָרֵב (cha.rev) 1) to be dry, be dried up 1a) (Qal) to be dried, be dried up 1b) (Pual) to be dried 1c) (Hiphil) to dry up 1d) (Hophal) to be dried up

[the] canals ofיְאֹרֵ֣יye-'o-REIH2975G
Nile

יְאֹר (ye.or) This name means river, stream, canal Also named: shi.chor (שִׁיחוֹר "Nile" H7883H)

Egyptמָצ֑וֹרma-TZORH4693
Egypt

מָצוֹר (ma.tsor) "Matsor", a name for Egypt Another spelling of mits.ra.yim (מִצְרַ֫יִם "Egypt" H4714G) This name means siege, entrenchment

reed[s]קָנֶ֥הka-NEHH7070H
branch

קָנֶה (qa.neh) : branch 1) reed, stalk, bone, balances 1a) stalk 1b) water-plant, reed 1c) calamus (aromatic reed) 1d) derived meanings 1d1) measuring-rod 1d2) reed (as unit of measure-6 cubits) 1d3) beam (of scales-for scales themselves) 1d4) shaft (of lampstand) 1d5) branches (of lampstand) 1d6) shoulder-joint

and rush[es]וָס֖וּףva-SUFH5488H
reed

סוּף (suph) 1) reed, rush, water plant 1a) rushes 1b) sea of rushes - used of Red Sea

they will witherקָמֵֽלוּ׃ka-ME-luH7060
to decay

קָמֵל (qa.mal) 1) to be decayed, be withered 1a) (Qal) to moulder, be withered

Words and meanings from STEPBible data (Tyndale House, Cambridge, CC BY 4.0). The capitalized syllable is the stressed one.