Verse 6

Isaiah 19:6

New Living Translation

6 The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/הֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְ/חָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָ/ס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ

English Translation

And the rivers have become desolate, and the waterways of the fortress have dried up; the reeds and the rushes have withered.

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Chapter 19 Context

1 This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a... Focus ↗

2 “I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian — brother against brother, neighbor against neigh... Focus ↗

3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idol... Focus ↗

4 I will hand Egypt over to a hard, cruel master. A fierce king will rule them,” says the Lor... Focus ↗

5 The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and d... Focus ↗

6 The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and...

7 All the greenery along the riverbank and all the crops along the river will dry up and blow aw... Focus ↗

8 The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and... Focus ↗

9 There will be no flax for the harvesters, no thread for the weavers. Focus ↗

10 They will be in despair, and all the workers will be sick at heart. Focus ↗

11 What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong... Focus ↗

12 Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh? Let them tell you what God (Elohim) plans, what the L... Focus ↗

13 The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the... Focus ↗

14 The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They ca... Focus ↗

15 There is nothing Egypt can do. All are helpless — the head and the tail, the noble palm bra... Focus ↗

16 In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fis... Focus ↗

17 Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has laid out h... Focus ↗

18 In that day five of Egypt’s cities will follow the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. They will even begin to... Focus ↗

19 In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument t... Focus ↗

20 It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt.... Focus ↗

21 The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their... Focus ↗

22 The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD,... Focus ↗

23 In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move... Focus ↗

24 In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the e... Focus ↗

25 For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land... Focus ↗

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