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Proclamation Against Egypt

1 The aburden against Egypt.
Behold, the Lord brides 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. 
5 aThe 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 will be troubled of soul.
11 Surely the princes of aZoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
bHow do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?” 
12 aWhere are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has bpurposed against Egypt. 
13 The princes of1 Zoan have become fools;
aThe princes of Noph are deceived;
They have also1 deluded Egypt,
Those who are the1 mainstay of its tribes. 
14 The Lord has mingled aa perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 
15 Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which athe head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.  
16 In that day Egypt will abe like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, bwhich He waves over it.  
17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has adetermined against it.  
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 19:1

(Isa. 19:1-25)

burden—(See on Isaiah 13:1).

upon . . . cloud— (Psalms 104:3; Psalms 18:10).

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).




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:1:

Exodus 12:12
Isaiah 18:7
Isaiah 30:2
Jeremiah 46:13-26
Joel 3:19

 

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