Thematic Bible
Isaiah 19:1 (show verse)
A message about Egypt: "Watch out! The LORD rides on a swift cloud, and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
Isaiah 19:2 (show verse)
I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and everyone will fight against his brother, everyone against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
Isaiah 19:3 (show verse)
The spirits of the Egyptians within them will be drained of courage, and I will bring their plans to nothing. They will consult idols and spirits of the dead, and mediums and spiritists.
Isaiah 19:4 (show verse)
I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord GOD of the Heavenly Armies.
Isaiah 19:5 (show verse)
"The water sources of the Nile will be dried up, and the river will become dry and parched.
Isaiah 19:6 (show verse)
The canals will stink, and the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. Reeds and rushes will wither away.
Isaiah 19:7 (show verse)
And the bulrushes along the Nile, along the mouth of the Nile, will wither away. All the sown fields of the Nile will become parched, and they will be blown away; there will be nothing left.
Isaiah 19:8 (show verse)
The fishermen will groan, and all who cast hooks into the Nile will lament; those who spread nets upon the water will become weaker and weaker.
Isaiah 19:9 (show verse)
The workers in combed flax and the weavers of white linen will be in despair.
Isaiah 19:10 (show verse)
Egypt's workers in cloth will be crushed, and all who work for wages will be sick at heart."
Isaiah 19:11 (show verse)
Zoan's princes are nothing but fools; the wisest advisors of Pharaoh give stupid advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I'm a descendant of wise men, a descendant of ancient kings"?
Isaiah 19:12 (show verse)
Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you, let them make known what the LORD has planned against Egypt.
Isaiah 19:13 (show verse)
The princes of Zoan have become fools, and the princes of Memphis deluded; the leaders of its tribes have led Egypt astray.
Isaiah 19:14 (show verse)
The LORD has mixed within them a spirit of confusion; so they make Egypt stagger in all that it does, like a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.
Isaiah 19:15 (show verse)
As a result, there will be nothing for Egypt that head or tail, palm branch or reed, can do.
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Isaiah 19:16 (show verse)
At that time, the Egyptians will be like women they will shudder and be afraid before the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, when he brandishes his hand against her.
Isaiah 19:17 (show verse)
And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will be afraid, because of the uplifted hand of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies that is turning in their direction.
Isaiah 19:18 (show verse)
At that time, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.
Isaiah 19:19 (show verse)
At that time, there will be an altar to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in the heart of the land of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border.
Isaiah 19:20 (show verse)
It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies in the land of Egypt; when they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior, and he will come down and rescue them.
Isaiah 19:21 (show verse)
So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will acknowledge the LORD.
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Isaiah 19:22 (show verse)
At that time, they will worship with sacrifices and offerings, and they will make vows to the LORD and carry them out. The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague, striking but then healing. Then they will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
Isaiah 19:23 (show verse)
At that time, there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will come into Egypt, and the Egyptians into Assyria, and they will worship with the Assyrians.
Isaiah 19:24 (show verse)
At that time, Israel will be in a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria; they will be a blessing in the midst of the earth.
Isaiah 19:25 (show verse)
The LORD of the Heavenly Armies has blessed them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance."