Isaiah:19

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* The burden of Egypt : "Behold , Yahweh rides on a swift cloud , and comes to Egypt . The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence ; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst . * I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians , and they will fight everyone against his brother , and everyone against his neighbor ; city against city , and kingdom against kingdom . * The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst . I will destroy its counsel . They will seek the idols , the charmers , those who have familiar spirits , and the wizards . * I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord . A fierce king will rule over them ," says the Lord , Yahweh of Armies . * The waters will fail from the sea , and the river will be wasted and become dry . * The rivers will become foul . The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up . The reeds and flags will wither away . * The meadows by the Nile , by the brink of the Nile , and all the sown fields of the Nile , will become dry , be driven away , and be no more . * The fishermen will lament , and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn , and those who spread nets on the waters will languish . * Moreover those who work in combed flax , and those who weave white cloth , will be confounded . * The pillars will be broken in pieces . All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul . * The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish . The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid . How do you say to Pharaoh , "I am the son of the wise , the son of ancient kings ?" * Where then are your wise men ? Let them tell you now ; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt . * The princes of Zoan have become fools . The princes of Memphis are deceived . They have caused Egypt to go astray , who are the cornerstone of her tribes . * Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her ; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works , like a drunken man staggers in his vomit . * Neither shall there be any work for Egypt , which head or tail , palm branch or rush , may do . * In that day the Egyptians will be like women . They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies , which he shakes over them . * The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt . Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid , because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies , which he determines against it . * In that day , there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan , and swear to Yahweh of Armies . One will be called "The city of destruction ." * In that day , there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt , and a pillar to Yahweh at its border . * It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt ; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors , and he will send them a savior and a defender , and he will deliver them . * Yahweh will be known to Egypt , and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day . Yes , they will worship with sacrifice and offering , and will vow a vow to Yahweh , and will perform it . * Yahweh will strike Egypt , striking and healing . They will return to Yahweh , and he will be entreated by them , and will heal them . * In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria , and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt , and the Egyptian into Assyria ; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians . * In that day , Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria , a blessing in the midst of the earth ; * because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them , saying , "Blessed be Egypt my people , Assyria the work of my hands , and Israel my inheritance ."

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