Isaiah 19:1–9
1The 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.↗
2I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.↗
3The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.↗
4I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,” says the Lord, GOD of Armies.↗
5The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.↗
6The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.↗
7The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.↗
8The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish.↗
9Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded.↗
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