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    Isaiah 19

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    Egypt is struck by the LORD, healed by the LORD, and then—rather extravagantly—drawn into a three-way blessing with Assyria and Israel.

    The Nile goes dry, and Egypt loses its headvv. 1–15

    The LORD arrives over Egypt on a swift cloud, and the idols tremble while Egyptian hearts melt. Egyptian turns against Egyptian: brother against brother, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. Plans dissolve into consultations with idols, spirits of the dead, mediums, and spiritists, before a harsh master and fierce king take charge. Then the Nile dries, the canals stink, the reeds wither, the fishermen mourn, and the workers in flax and fine linen turn pale. Zoan’s princes are fools, Pharaoh’s counselors offer senseless advice, and Egypt staggers helplessly—head or tail, palm or reed.

    Five cities, one altar, and a surprisingly large blessingvv. 16–25

    Egypt trembles beneath the LORD’s uplifted hand, and the mere mention of Judah brings terror. Yet the scene turns: five Egyptian cities speak the language of Canaan, one taking the curious name City of the Sun. An altar stands in Egypt’s centre and a pillar near its border; when the oppressed cry out, the LORD sends a savior and defender. Egypt acknowledges the LORD, worships, makes vows, and fulfills them. The LORD strikes Egypt with a plague and heals it in the same act. At last a highway joins Egypt and Assyria, Israel joins them in a three-party alliance, and the LORD names the three without reserve: Egypt His people, Assyria His handiwork, and Israel His inheritance.

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    1. Isa 19:1This 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. Isa 19:2“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

    3. Isa 19:3Then 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. Isa 19:4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

    5. Isa 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

    6. Isa 19:6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

    7. Isa 19:7The 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. Isa 19:8Then 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. Isa 19:9The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.

    10. Isa 19:10The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the hired workers will be sick at heart.

    11. Isa 19:11The 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. Isa 19:12Where are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt.

    13. Isa 19:13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

    14. Isa 19:14The 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. Isa 19:15There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm or reed.

    16. Isa 19:16In 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. Isa 19:17The 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. Isa 19:18In 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. Isa 19:19In 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. Isa 19:20It 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. Isa 19:21The 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. Isa 19:22And 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. Isa 19:23In 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. Isa 19:24In that day Israel will join a three-party alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing upon the earth.

    25. Isa 19:25The LORD of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork, and Israel My inheritance.”

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    • 25Isaiah 29:23For when he sees his children around him, the work of My hands, they will honor My name, they will sanctify the Holy One of Jacob, and they will stand in awe of the God of Israel.
    • 2Judges 7:22And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.
    • 3Isaiah 8:19When men tell you to consult mediums and spiritists who whisper and mutter, shouldn’t a people consult their God instead? Why consult the dead on behalf of the living?
    • 18Zephaniah 3:9For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
    • 25Romans 9:24–25including us, whom He has called not only from the Jews, but also from the Gentiles?
    • 25Hosea 2:23And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”
    • 1Exodus 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
    • 21 Samuel 14:20Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
    • 4Isaiah 20:4so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
    • 22Hebrews 12:11No discipline seems enjoyable at the time, but painful. Later on, however, it yields a harvest of righteousness and peace to those who have been trained by it.
    • 22Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
    • 23Isaiah 11:16There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
    • 1Revelation 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
    • 2Matthew 10:36A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
    • 3Daniel 2:2So the king gave orders to summon the magicians, enchanters, sorcerers, and astrologers to explain his dreams. When they came and stood before the king,
    • 4Jeremiah 46:26I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the LORD.

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