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

[I received] this message [from Yahweh] about Egypt: “Listen to this! I, Yahweh, am coming to Egypt, riding on a fast-moving cloud. The idols in Egypt will tremble when [I appear], and the people of Egypt will be extremely afraid [IDM].

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

I will cause the people of Egypt to fight against each other: men will fight against their brothers, neighbors will fight against each other, people of one city will fight against the people of another city, people of one province will fight against the people of another province.

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

The people of Egypt will become very discouraged, and I will cause their plans not to be successful. They will plead with idols and sorcerers and those who talk with spirits of dead people to tell them what they should do.

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

Then I will enable someone who will treat them very cruelly to become their king [DOU].” That is what I, the Commander of the armies of angels, say.

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

[Some day] the water in the [Nile] River will dry up, and the riverbed will become very dry [DOU].

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

The branches of the river will all dry up [DOU] The canals along the river will stink because of the rotting reeds and (bulrushes/tall grass).

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

All the plants along the river and all the crops will dry up; then they will blow away and disappear.

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

The fishermen will throw into the river lines with hooks on them and nets, and then they will groan and be very discouraged; they will be sad [because there will be no fish in the river].

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

Those who weave cloth from flax will not know what to do, because there will be no thread for them to weave.

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

They will all despair and be very discouraged.

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 officials in Zoan [city in northern Egypt] are foolish. The advice that they gave to the king was worthless. Why do they continue to tell the king that they are wise, that they are descendants of wise kings who lived long ago [RHQ]?

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

King, (where are your wise counselors now?/You have no wise counselors now!) [RHQ] If you had any wise counselors, they could tell you what the Commander of the armies of angels has planned to do to Egypt [SAR]!

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

[Yes], the officials of Zoan have become foolish, and the leaders in Memphis [city in northern Egypt] have deceived themselves. [All] leaders of the people have (caused their people to do wrong things/led their people 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

Yahweh has caused them to be very foolish, with the result that in everything that they do, [it is as though the people of] Egypt stagger like [SIM] a drunken person staggers [and slips] in his own vomit.

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

There is no one in Egypt, rich or poor, important or unimportant, [who will be able to help them].

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

At that time, the people of Egypt will be [as helpless] as [SIM] women. They will tremble, being terrified [because they know that] the Commander of the armies of angels has raised his fist, [ready to strike/punish 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 people of Egypt will be afraid of the people of Judah, and anyone who mentions Judah to them will cause them to be terrified, because [that will remind them] of what Yahweh, the Commander of the armies of angels, is planning to do to them.

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

At that time, [people in] five cities in Egypt will solemnly declare that they will serve Yahweh. They will [learn to] speak the Hebrew language. One of those cities will be called ‘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

At that time, there will be an altar for worshiping Yahweh in the center of Egypt, and there will be a (pillar/large rock) to honor Yahweh at the border [between Egypt and Israel].

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

That will be a sign to indicate that the Commander of the armies of angels is worshiped in the land of Egypt. And when the people cry out to Yahweh to help them because others are (oppressing them/causing them to suffer), he will send to them someone who will defend and 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

Yahweh will enable the people of Egypt to know who he is, and at that time they will have a close relationship with Yahweh and worship him and bring to him offerings of grain and other sacrifices. They will solemnly promise to do things for Yahweh, and they will do what they promise.

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

After Yahweh has punished Egypt, he will cause their troubles to end. The people of Egypt will turn to Yahweh, and he will listen when they plead to him [for help], and he will cause their troubles to cease.

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

At that time, there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria. [As a result], the people of Egypt will [be able to] travel [easily] to Assyria, and the people of Assyria [will be able to travel easily] to Egypt. And the people of both countries will worship [Yahweh].

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

And Israel will be their ally. All three nations will be [friendly to] each other, and the people of Israel will be a blessing to the people of the entire world.

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 Commander of the armies of angels will bless them, saying, “[You people of] Egypt are now my people. You people of Assyria, I have established your country. You people of Israel are the people whom I have chosen to belong to me.”