Isaiah:19

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* The burden of Egypt . Behold , Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud , and cometh to Egypt ; and the idols of Egypt are moved at his presence , and the heart of Egypt melteth in the midst of it . * And I will incite the Egyptians against the Egyptians ; and they shall fight every one against his brother , and every one against his neighbour ; city against city , kingdom against kingdom . * And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it , and I will destroy the counsel thereof ; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers , and unto the necromancers , and unto the soothsayers . * And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord , and a fierce king shall rule over them , saith the Lord , Jehovah of hosts . * And the waters shall fail from the sea , and the river shall be wasted and dried up ; * and the rivers shall stink , and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away : the reeds and sedges shall wither . * The meadows by the Nile , on the banks of the Nile , and everything sown by the Nile , shall be dried up , be driven away , and be no [more ]. * And the fishers shall mourn , and all they that cast fish-hook into the Nile shall lament , and they that spread net upon the waters shall languish . * And they that work in fine flax , and they that weave white stuffs shall be ashamed . * And her pillars shall be broken in pieces , and all workers for hire shall be sad of soul . * They are but fools , the princes of Zoan , the wise counsellors of Pharaoh : [their ] counsel is become senseless . How say ye unto Pharaoh , I am the son of the wise , the son of ancient kings ? * Where are they then , thy wise [men ]? Let them now tell thee , and let them make known what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt . * The princes of Zoan are become foolish , the princes of Noph are deceived ; and the corner-stones of its tribes have caused Egypt to err . * Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof ; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof , as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit . * Neither shall there be any work for Egypt , which the head or tail , palm-branch or rush , may do . * In that day shall Egypt be like unto women ; and it shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts , which he shaketh over it . * And the land of Judah shall be a dismay unto Egypt : every one that thinketh of it shall be afraid for himself , because of the counsel of Jehovah of hosts , which he hath purposed against it . * In that day shall there be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the language of Canaan , and swearing by Jehovah of hosts : one shall be called , The city of Heres . * In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt , and a pillar at the border thereof to Jehovah : * and it shall be for a sign and for a witness to Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt ; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of the oppressors , and he will send them a saviour and defender , who shall deliver them . * And Jehovah shall be known to the Egyptians , and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day , and shall serve with sacrifice and oblation ; and they shall vow a vow unto Jehovah , and perform it . * And Jehovah will smite Egypt ; he will smite and heal : and they shall return to Jehovah , and he will be entreated of them , and will heal them . * In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria ; and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt , and the Egyptian into Assyria ; and Egypt shall serve with Assyria . * In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria , a blessing in the midst of the earth ; * whom Jehovah of hosts will bless , saying , Blessed be Egypt my people , and Assyria the work of my hands , and Israel mine inheritance !

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