Isaiah 19

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A Prophecy Against Egypt

19 A prophecy^(A) against Egypt:^(B)

See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud^(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt^(D) with fear.

²“I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
    brother will fight against brother,^(E)
    neighbor against neighbor,
    city against city,
    kingdom against kingdom.^(F)
³The Egyptians will lose heart,^(G)
    and I will bring their plans^(H) to nothing;^(I)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
    the mediums and the spiritists.^(J)
⁴I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king^(K) will rule over them,”
    declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.

⁵The waters of the river will dry up,^(L)
    and the riverbed will be parched and dry.^(M)
⁶The canals will stink;^(N)
    the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.^(O)
The reeds^(P) and rushes will wither,^(Q)
⁷    also the plants^(R) along the Nile,
    at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field^(S) along the Nile
    will become parched, will blow away and be no more.^(T)
⁸The fishermen^(U) will groan and lament,
    all who cast hooks^(V) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
    will pine away.
⁹Those who work with combed flax^(W) will despair,
    the weavers of fine linen^(X) will lose hope.
¹⁰The workers in cloth will be dejected,
    and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

¹¹The officials of Zoan^(Y) are nothing but fools;
    the wise counselors^(Z) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.^(AA)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
    “I am one of the wise men,^(AB)
    a disciple of the ancient kings”?

¹²Where are your wise men^(AC) now?
    Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
    has planned^(AD) against Egypt.
¹³The officials of Zoan^(AE) have become fools,
    the leaders of Memphis^(AF) are deceived;
the cornerstones^(AG) of her peoples
    have led Egypt astray.
¹⁴The Lord has poured into them
    a spirit of dizziness;^(AH)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
    as a drunkard staggers^(AI) around in his vomit.
¹⁵There is nothing Egypt can do—
    head or tail, palm branch or reed.^(AJ)

¹⁶In that day^(AK) the Egyptians will become weaklings.^(AL) They will shudder with fear^(AM) at the uplifted hand^(AN) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. ¹⁷And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,^(AO) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning^(AP) against them.

¹⁸In that day^(AQ) five cities^(AR) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance^(AS) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.^[a]^(AT)

¹⁹In that day^(AU) there will be an altar^(AV) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,^(AW) and a monument^(AX) to the Lord at its border. ²⁰It will be a sign and witness^(AY) 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^(AZ) and defender, and he will rescue^(BA) them. ²¹So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge^(BB) the Lord. They will worship^(BC) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.^(BD) ²²The Lord will strike^(BE) Egypt with a plague;^(BF) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn^(BG) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal^(BH) them.

²³In that day^(BI) there will be a highway^(BJ) from Egypt to Assyria.^(BK) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship^(BL) together. ²⁴In that day^(BM) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,^(BN) a blessing^[b]^(BO) on the earth. ²⁵The Lord Almighty will bless^(BP) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,^(BQ) Assyria my handiwork,^(BR) and Israel my inheritance.^(BS)”

Footnotes

Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed

Jeremiah 25:15-19

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The Cup of God’s Wrath

¹⁵This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from my hand this cup^(A) filled with the wine of my wrath and make all the nations to whom I send^(B) you drink it. ¹⁶When they drink^(C) it, they will stagger^(D) and go mad^(E) because of the sword^(F) I will send among them.”

¹⁷So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand and made all the nations to whom he sent^(G) me drink it: ¹⁸Jerusalem^(H) and the towns of Judah, its kings and officials, to make them a ruin^(I) and an object of horror and scorn,^(J) a curse^[a]^(K)—as they are today;^(L) ¹⁹Pharaoh king^(M) of Egypt,^(N) his attendants, his officials and all his people,

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Jeremiah 25:18 That is, their names to be used in cursing (see 29:22); or, to be seen by others as cursed

Jeremiah 44:13

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¹³I will punish^(A) those who live in Egypt with the sword,^(B) famine and plague,^(C) as I punished Jerusalem.

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Jeremiah 46:1

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A Message About Egypt

46 This is the word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning the nations:^(A)

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Jeremiah 46:2

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²Concerning Egypt:^(A)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(B) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(C) on the Euphrates^(D) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(E) son of Josiah king of Judah:

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Jeremiah 46:13-26

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¹³This is the message the Lord spoke to Jeremiah the prophet about the coming of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon^(A) to attack Egypt:^(B)

¹⁴“Announce this in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol;
    proclaim it also in Memphis^(C) and Tahpanhes:^(D)
‘Take your positions and get ready,
    for the sword devours^(E) those around you.’
¹⁵Why will your warriors be laid low?
    They cannot stand, for the Lord will push them down.^(F)
¹⁶They will stumble^(G) repeatedly;
    they will fall^(H) over each other.
They will say, ‘Get up, let us go back
    to our own people^(I) and our native lands,
    away from the sword of the oppressor.’^(J)
¹⁷There they will exclaim,
    ‘Pharaoh king of Egypt is only a loud noise;^(K)
    he has missed his opportunity.^(L)’

¹⁸“As surely as I live,” declares the King,^(M)
    whose name is the Lord Almighty,
“one will come who is like Tabor^(N) among the mountains,
    like Carmel^(O) by the sea.
¹⁹Pack your belongings for exile,^(P)
    you who live in Egypt,
for Memphis^(Q) will be laid waste^(R)
    and lie in ruins without inhabitant.

²⁰“Egypt is a beautiful heifer,
    but a gadfly is coming
    against her from the north.^(S)
²¹The mercenaries^(T) in her ranks
    are like fattened calves.^(U)
They too will turn and flee^(V) together,
    they will not stand their ground,
for the day^(W) of disaster is coming upon them,
    the time^(X) for them to be punished.
²²Egypt will hiss like a fleeing serpent
    as the enemy advances in force;
they will come against her with axes,
    like men who cut down trees.^(Y)
²³They will chop down her forest,”
declares the Lord,
    “dense though it be.
They are more numerous than locusts,^(Z)
    they cannot be counted.
²⁴Daughter Egypt will be put to shame,
    given into the hands of the people of the north.^(AA)”

²⁵The Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to bring punishment on Amon god of Thebes,^(AB) on Pharaoh,^(AC) on Egypt and her gods^(AD) and her kings, and on those who rely^(AE) on Pharaoh. ²⁶I will give them into the hands^(AF) of those who want to kill them—Nebuchadnezzar king^(AG) of Babylon and his officers. Later, however, Egypt will be inhabited^(AH) as in times past,” declares the Lord.

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Ezekiel 29:19

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¹⁹Therefore this is what the Sovereign Lord says: I am going to give Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king^(A) of Babylon, and he will carry off its wealth. He will loot and plunder^(B) the land as pay for his army.^(C)

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