Verse 1

Isaiah 19:1

World English Bible, British Edition

1 The burden of Egypt. “Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מַשָּׂ֖א מִצְרָ֑יִם הִנֵּ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה רֹכֵ֨ב עַל עָ֥ב קַל֙ וּ/בָ֣א מִצְרַ֔יִם וְ/נָע֞וּ אֱלִילֵ֤י מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ מִ/פָּנָ֔י/ו וּ/לְבַ֥ב מִצְרַ֖יִם יִמַּ֥ס בְּ/קִרְבּֽ/וֹ
English Translation
The burden concerning Egypt: Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt within it.
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Chapter 19 Context
1 The burden of Egypt. “Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egyp...
2 I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother... Focus ↗
3 The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the... Focus ↗
4 I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” sa... Focus ↗
5 The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry. Focus ↗
6 The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and fla... Focus ↗
7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become... Focus ↗
8 The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets... Focus ↗
9 Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded. Focus ↗
10 The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul. Focus ↗
11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh has become... Focus ↗
12 Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what the LORD of Armies has p... Focus ↗
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt t... Focus ↗
14 The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go a... Focus ↗
15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do. Focus ↗
16 In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of t... Focus ↗
17 The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afra... Focus ↗
18 In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and s... Focus ↗
19 In that day, there will be an altar to the LORD in the middle of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to... Focus ↗
20 It will be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cr... Focus ↗
21 The LORD will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. Yes, they will wo... Focus ↗
22 The LORD will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to the LORD, and he will be entre... Focus ↗
23 In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt,... Focus ↗
24 In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing within the earth; Focus ↗
25 because the LORD of Armies has blessed them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work o... Focus ↗