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Isaiah 19

Message to Egypt

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The  1 aoracle 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.

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"So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will  aeach fight against his brother and each against his neighbor, City against city and kingdom against kingdom.

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"Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them; And I will confound their strategy, So that  athey will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead And to  1mediums and spiritists.

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"Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a  acruel master, And a  1mighty king will rule over them," declares the Lord  2GOD of hosts.

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 aThe waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry.

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The  1 acanals will emit a stench, The  2 bstreams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;  cThe reeds and rushes will rot away.

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The bulrushes by the  aNile, by the  1edge of the Nile And all the sown fields by the Nile Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

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And the  afishermen will lament, And all those who cast a  1line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will  2pine away.

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Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax And the weavers of white  acloth will be  1utterly dejected.

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And  1the  apillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.

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The princes of  1 aZoan are mere fools; The advice of Pharaoh's wisest advisers has become  2stupid. How can you men say to Pharaoh, "I am a son of the  bwise, a son of ancient kings"?

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Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them  1understand what the LORD of hosts Has  apurposed against Egypt.

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The princes of  1Zoan have acted foolishly, The princes of  aMemphis are deluded; Those who are the  bcornerstone of her tribes Have  2led Egypt astray.

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The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of  adistortion;  bThey have led Egypt astray in all  1that it does, As a  cdrunken man  2staggers in his vomit.

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There will be no work for Egypt  aWhich its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.

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In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in  adread because of the  bwaving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.

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The land of Judah will become a  1terror to Egypt; everyone  2to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the  apurpose of the LORD of hosts which He is purposing against them.

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In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and  aswearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of  1Destruction.

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In that day there will be an  aaltar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a  bpillar to the LORD near its border.

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It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a  aSavior and a  1 bChampion, and He will deliver them.

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Thus the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. They will even worship with  asacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.

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The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but  ahealing; so they will  breturn to the LORD, and He will respond to them and will heal them.

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In that day there will be a  ahighway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will  bworship with the Assyrians.

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In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,

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whom the LORD of hosts has blessed, saying, "Blessed is  aEgypt My people, and Assyria  bthe work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance."



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