Isaiah 19 NIV NLT Parallel

◄ Isaiah 19 ►

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1A prophecy against Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

1This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

2"I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian-- brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.

2“I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian— brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, province against province.

3The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.

3The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

4I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.

4I will hand Egypt over to a hard, cruel master. A fierce king will rule them,” says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

5The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.

5The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields. The riverbed will be parched and dry.

6The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,

6The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.

7also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.

7All the greenery along the riverbank and all the crops along the river will dry up and blow away.

8The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.

8The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and those who use nets will lose heart.

9Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.

9There will be no flax for the harvesters, no thread for the weavers.

10The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.

10They will be in despair, and all the workers will be sick at heart.

11The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?

11What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

12Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the LORD Almighty has planned against Egypt.

12Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh? Let them tell you what God plans, what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is going to do to Egypt.

13The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.

13The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the people have led Egypt astray.

14The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.

14The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit.

15There is nothing Egypt can do-- head or tail, palm branch or reed.

15There is nothing Egypt can do. All are helpless— the head and the tail, the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.

16In that day the Egyptians will become weaklings. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them.

16In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.

17And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them.

17Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has laid out his plans against them.

18In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

18In that day five of Egypt’s cities will follow the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. They will even begin to speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan. One of these cities will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun.

19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border.

19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border.

20It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.

20It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.

21So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them.

21The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.

22The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.

22The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them.

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.

23In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.

24In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth.

24In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.

25The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."

25For the LORD of Heaven’s Armies will say, “Blessed be Egypt, my people. Blessed be Assyria, the land I have made. Blessed be Israel, my special possession!”

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