Isaiah 19

1 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

This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.

2 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

“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

3 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

Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

4 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

I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,”

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

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

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

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

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

The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

8 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

Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

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

The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

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

The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

11 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

The princes of Zoan are mere fools; Pharaoh’s wise counselors give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am one of the wise, a son of eastern kings”?

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

Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

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

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

14 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

The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.

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

There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.

16 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

In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

17 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

The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

18 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

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

19 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

In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.

20 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

It will be a sign and a witness to the LORD of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and defender to rescue them.

21 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

The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.

22 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

And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.

23 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

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.

24 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

In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

25 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

The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”