Isaiah 19

1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, YHWH is riding on a swift thick cloud, And He has entered Egypt, And the idols of Egypt have been moved at His presence, And the heart of Egypt melts in its midst.

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 And I armed Egyptians against Egyptians, And they fought, each against his brother, And each against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against 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 And the spirit of Egypt has been emptied out in its midst. And I swallow up its counsel, And they have sought to the idols, And to the charmers, And to those having familiar spirits, And to the wizards.

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 And I have delivered the Egyptians Into the hand of a hard lord, And a strong king rules over them, A declaration of the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.

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 And waters have failed from the sea, And a river is desolated and dried up.

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

6 And they have turned away the flowings, Brooks of the bulwark have been weak and dried up, Reed and flag have withered.

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

7 Exposed things by the brook, by the edge of the brook, And every sown thing of the brook, has withered, It has been driven away, and is not.

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

8 And the fishers have lamented, And all casting a hook into the brook have mourned, And those spreading dragnets on the face of the waters have languished.

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 And makers of fine flax have been ashamed, And weavers of networks.

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

10 And its foundations have been struck, All making wages [are] afflicted in soul.

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

11 Only, the princes of Zoan [are] fools, The counsel of the wise ones of the counselors of Pharaoh has become brutish. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of kings of antiquity?”

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 Where [are] they now, your wise ones? Indeed, let them now tell [it] to you, And they know what YHWH of Hosts has counseled against Egypt!

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

13 Princes of Zoan have been foolish, Princes of Noph have been lifted up, And they have caused Egypt to err, The chief of her tribes.

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

14 YHWH has mingled in her midst A spirit of perverseness, And they have caused Egypt to err in all its work, As a drunkard errs in his 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 And there is no work to Egypt, That head or tail, branch or reed, may do.

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

16 In that day Egypt is like women, And it has mourned, and been afraid, Because of the waving of the hand of YHWH of Hosts, That He is waving over it.

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 And the land of Judah has been to Egypt for a cause of staggering, Everyone who mentions it, fears for himself, Because of the counsel of YHWH of Hosts, That He is counseling against it.

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 In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to YHWH of Hosts, “The city of destruction,” is said of one.

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 In that day there is an altar to YHWH In the midst of the land of Egypt, And a standing pillar to YHWH near 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 And it has been for a sign and for a testimony, To YHWH of Hosts in the land of Egypt, For they cry to YHWH from the face of oppressors, And He sends a Savior to them, Even a great one, and has delivered 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 And YHWH has been known to Egypt, And the Egyptians have known YHWH in that day, And done sacrifice and present, And vowed a vow to YHWH, and completed [it].

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 And YHWH has struck Egypt, striking and healing, And they have turned back to YHWH, And He has accepted their plea, And has healed 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 In that day a highway is out of Egypt to Asshur, And the Assyrians have come into Egypt, And the Egyptians into Asshur, And the Egyptians have served with the Assyrians.

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 In that day Israel is third, With Egypt, and with Asshur, A blessing in the heart 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 In that YHWH of Hosts blessed it, saying, “Blessed [is] My people—Egypt, And the work of My hands—Asshur, And My inheritance—Israel!”

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