Isaiah 19

1 A message about Egypt. Look, the Lord is riding on a fast-moving cloud on his way to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the Egyptians will become weak with fear.

oracle Egypt behold LORD to ride upon cloud swift and to come (in): come Egypt and to shake idol Egypt from face his and heart Egypt to melt in/on/with entrails: among his

2 I will encourage Egyptians to attack other Egyptians. They will fight each other, neighbor versus neighbor, town versus town, and kingdom versus kingdom.

and to cover Egypt in/on/with Egypt and to fight man: anyone in/on/with brother: compatriot his and man: anyone in/on/with neighbor his city in/on/with city kingdom in/on/with kingdom

3 I will destroy the confidence of the Egyptians. I will have their plans become all mixed up. They will ask their idols and the spirits of the dead what to do through mediums and spiritists.

and to empty spirit Egypt in/on/with entrails: among his and counsel his to swallow up and to seek to(wards) [the] idol and to(wards) [the] mutterer and to(wards) [the] medium and to(wards) [the] spiritist

4 I will hand the Egyptians over to a harsh dictator. A cruel king will rule over them, declares the Lord.

and to stop [obj] Egypt in/on/with hand lord severe and king strong to rule in/on/with them utterance [the] lord LORD Hosts

5 The waters of the Nile will fail, and its riverbed will be sunbaked and dry.

and be dry water from [the] sea and river to dry and to wither

6 The channels will start to stink; the branches of the Nile in Egypt will dry to a trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither away.

and to stink river to languish and to dry Nile Egypt branch: stem and reed to decay

7 The vegetation along the banks of the Nile, and all the plants in the cultivated land along the Nile, will dry up and be blown away. Everything will be gone.

bulrush upon Nile upon lip: edge Nile and all sowing Nile to wither to drive and nothing he

8 Fishermen will mourn: all of them all who use hooks to fish in the Nile will weep and wail, along with those who fish by throwing nets into the water.

and to lament [the] fisher and to mourn all to throw in/on/with Nile hook and to spread net upon face: surface water to weaken

9 The workers who prepare the flax for linen and the weavers of white fabric will be in despair.

and be ashamed to serve: labour flax combed and to weave white cloth

10 The cloth workers will be depressed, and everyone who earns a wage will feel sick inside.

and to be foundation her to crush all to make: do hire grieved soul

11 The leaders of Zoan are stupid. Pharaoh's wise counselors give advice that doesn't make sense. How can you tell Pharaoh, “I myself am a wise man, descended from ancient kings”?

surely fool(ish) ruler Zoan wise counsel Pharaoh counsel be brutish how? to say to(wards) Pharaoh son: child wise I son: child king front: old

12 So where are your wise counselors? Let them tell you so you can understand what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to Egypt.

where? they then wise your and to tell please to/for you and to know what? to advise LORD Hosts upon Egypt

13 The leaders of Zoan have become stupid; the leaders of Memphis have been fooled; the important leaders of Egypt have misled their people.

be foolish ruler Zoan to deceive ruler Memphis to go astray [obj] Egypt corner tribe her

14 The Lord has mixed up a spirit of confusion for them to drink, making the Egyptians stagger around in everything they do, like a drunk slipping up on his own vomit.

LORD to mix in/on/with entrails: among her spirit distortion and to go astray [obj] Egypt in/on/with all deed his like/as to go astray drunken in/on/with vomit his

15 Nobody in Egypt can do anything, whoever they are—head or tail, palm tree or reed.

and not to be to/for Egypt deed which to make: do head and tail branch and bulrush

16 At that time the Egyptians will become like women. They will shake with fear when the Lord Almighty raises his arm against them.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be Egypt like/as woman and to tremble and to dread from face of wave offering hand LORD Hosts which he/she/it to wave upon him

17 The land of Judah will be a source of terror to Egypt for whenever Judah is mentioned, all Egyptians will tremble over what the Lord Almighty has planned to do to them.

and to be land: soil Judah to/for Egypt to/for terror all which to remember [obj] her to(wards) him to dread from face: because counsel LORD Hosts which he/she/it to advise upon him

18 At that time there will be five cities in Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and who have sworn to worship the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be five city in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt to speak: speak lip: language Canaan and to swear to/for LORD Hosts City (of On) [the] (City of) Destruction to say to/for one

19 At that time there will be an altar to the Lord right in the middle of Egypt, and a stone monument to the Lord on its border.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be altar to/for LORD in/on/with midst land: country/planet Egypt and pillar beside border: boundary her to/for LORD

20 This will be a sign and a witness to the presence of the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord for help because they are being oppressed, he will send them a savior to fight for them and to rescue them.

and to be to/for sign: miraculous and to/for witness to/for LORD Hosts in/on/with land: country/planet Egypt for to cry to(wards) LORD from face: because to oppress and to send: depart to/for them to save and to contend and to rescue them

21 The Lord will make himself known to Egypt, and at that time Egypt will come to know the Lord. They will worship him with sacrifices and offerings; they will make promises to the Lord and keep them.

and to know LORD to/for Egypt and to know Egypt [obj] LORD in/on/with day [the] he/she/it and to serve: minister sacrifice and offering and to vow vow to/for LORD and to complete

22 The Lord will inflict a plague on Egypt. He will do this, but he will heal them. They will come back to the Lord. He will respond to their prayers and heal them.

and to strike LORD [obj] Egypt to strike and to heal and to return: repent till LORD and to pray to/for them and to heal them

23 At that time there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians will go to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be highway from Egypt Assyria [to] and to come (in): come Assyria in/on/with Egypt and Egypt in/on/with Assyria and to serve: minister Egypt [obj] Assyria

24 At that time Israel will be the third part of this alliance, joining with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing to the whole of the earth.

in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to be Israel third to/for Egypt and to/for Assyria blessing in/on/with entrails: among [the] land: country/planet

25 The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt, my people, Assyria, the creation of my hands, and Israel, my special possession.”

which to bless him LORD Hosts to/for to say to bless people my Egypt and deed: work hand my Assyria and inheritance my Israel