Isaiah 19:1-10 ▼

1 A pronouncement concerning Egypt: Look, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. Egypt’s worthless idols will tremble before him, and Egypt will lose heart.

2 I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

3 Egypt’s spirit will be disturbed within it, and I will frustrate its plans. Then they will inquire of worthless idols, ghosts, mediums, and spiritists.

4 I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters, and a strong king will rule it. This is the declaration of the Lord GOD of Armies.

5 The water of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry.

6 The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt.

7 The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the cultivated areas of the Nile will wither, blow away, and vanish.

8 Then the fishermen will mourn. All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the water will give up.

9 Those who work with flax will be dismayed; those combing it and weaving linen will turn pale.

10 Egypt’s weavers will be dejected; all her wage earners will be demoralized.