1 The aburden against Egypt. Behold, the Lordbrides on a swift cloud, And will come into Egypt; cThe idols of Egypt will1 totter at His presence, And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
2 “I will aset Egyptians against Egyptians; Everyone will fight against his brother, And everyone against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst; I will destroy their counsel, And they will aconsult the idols and the charmers, The mediums and the sorcerers.
4 And the Egyptians I will give aInto the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,” Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
5aThe waters will fail from the sea, And the river will be wasted and dried up.
6 The rivers will turn foul; The brooks aof defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.
7 The papyrus reeds by1 the River, by the mouth of the River, And everything sown by the River, Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
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.
9 Moreover those who work in afine flax And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
10 And its foundations will be broken. All who make wages willbe troubled of soul.
come into Egypt—to inflict vengeance. "Egypt," in Hebrew, Misraim, plural form, to express the two regions of Egypt. BUNSEN observes, The title of their kings runs thus: "Lord of Upper and Lower Egypt."
idols—the bull, crocodile, etc. The idols poetically are said to be "moved" with fear at the presence of one mightier than even they were supposed to be (Exodus 12:12; Jeremiah 43:12).
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