Isaiah 19:1-10 ▼

1 The oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, Yahweh is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will shake at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

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

3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied to destruction within them; And I will confuse their counsel, So that they will seek idols and ghosts of the dead And to mediums and spiritists.

4 Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master, And a strong king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, Yahweh of hosts.

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

6 The rivers will emit a stench, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up; The reeds and rushes will rot away.

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

8 And the fishermen will lament, And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets on the waters will languish.

9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax And the weavers of white cloth will be ashamed.

10 And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed; All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.