Isaiah Chapter 19 (NIV)
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A Prophecy About EgyptAn oracle concerning Egypt:See, the Lord rides on a swift cloudand is coming to Egypt.The idols of Egypt tremble before him,and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.
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“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—brother will fight against brother,neighbor against neighbor,city against city,kingdom against kingdom.
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The Egyptians will lose heart,and I will bring their plans to nothing;they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,the mediums and the spiritists.
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I will hand the Egyptians overto the power of a cruel master,and a fierce king will rule over them,”declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
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The waters of the river will dry up,and the riverbed will be parched and dry.
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The canals will stink;the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.The reeds and rushes will wither,
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also the plants along the Nile,at the mouth of the river.Every sown field along the Nilewill become parched, will blow away and be no more.
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The fishermen will groan and lament,all who cast hooks into the Nile;those who throw nets on the waterwill pine away.
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Those who work with combed flax will despair,the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.
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The workers in cloth will be dejected,and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
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The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools;the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice.How can you say to Pharaoh,“I am one of the wise men,a disciple of the ancient kings”?
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Where are your wise men now?Let them show you and make knownwhat the Lord Almightyhas planned against Egypt.
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The officials of Zoan have become fools,the leaders of Memphis are deceived;the cornerstones of her peopleshave led Egypt astray.
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The Lord has poured into thema spirit of dizziness;they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.
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There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm branch or reed.
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In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the Lord Almighty raises against them.
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And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them.
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In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of Destruction.
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In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the Lord at its border.
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It will be a sign and witness to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.
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So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the Lord. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.
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The Lord will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.
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In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
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In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth.
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The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.”
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