19:1 THE VISION OF EGYPT. Behold, the Lord
sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall
be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.
19:2 And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man
shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city
against city, and law against law.
19:3 And the spirit of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them; and I
will frustrate their counsel: and they shall enquire of their gods and their
images, and them that speak out of the earth, and them that have in them a
divining spirit.
19:4 And I will deliver Egypt into the hands of men, of cruel lords; and
cruel kings shall rule over them: thus saith the Lord of hosts.
19:5 And the Egyptians shall drink the water that is by the sea, but the
river shall fail, and be dried up.
19:6 And the streams shall fail, and the canals of the river; and every
reservoir of water shall be dried up, in every marsh also of reed and
papyrus.
19:7 And all the green herbage round about the river, and everything sown by
the side of the river, shall be blasted with the wind and dried up.
19:8 And the fishermen shall groan, and all that cast a hook into the river
shall groan; they also that cast nets, and the anglers shall mourn.
19:9 And shame shall come upon them that work fine flax, and them that make
fine linen.
19:10 And they that work at them shall be in pain, and all that make beer
shall be grieved, and be pained in their souls.
19:11 And the princes of Tanis shall be fools: [as for] the king's wise
counsellors, their counsel shall be turned into folly: how will ye say to
the king, we are sons of wise men, sons of ancient kings?
19:12 Where are now thy wise men? and let them declare to thee, and say,
What has the Lord of hosts purposed upon Egypt?
19:13 The princes of Tanis have failed, and the princes of Memphis are
lifted up [with pride], and they shall cause Egypt to wander by tribes.
19:14 For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have
caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and
vomits also.
19:15 And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or
tail, or beginning or end.
19:16 But in that day the Egyptians shall be as women, in fear and in
trembling because of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall bring
upon them.
19:17 And the land of the Jews shall be for a terror to the Egyptians:
whosoever shall name it to them, they shall fear, because of the counsel
which the Lord of hosts has purposed concerning it.
19:18 In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt speaking the language
of Chanaan, and swearing by the name of the Lord of hosts; one city shall be
called the city of Asedec.
19:19 In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the land of the
Egyptians, and a pillar to the Lord by its border.
19:20 And it shall be for a sign to the Lord for ever in the land of Egypt:
for they shall presently cry to the Lord by reason of them that afflict
them, and he shall send them a man who shall save them; he shall judge and
save them.
19:21 And the Lord shall be known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians shall
know the Lord in that day; and they shall offer sacrifices, and shall vow
vows to the Lord, and pay [them].
19:22 And the Lord shall smite the Egyptians with a stroke, and shall
completely heal them: and they shall return to the Lord, and he shall hear
them, and thoroughly heal them.
19:23 In that day there shall be a way from Egypt to the Assyrians, and the
Assyrians shall enter into Egypt, and the Egyptians shall go to the
Assyrians, and the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrians.
19:24 In that day shall Israel be third with the Egyptians and the
Assyrians, blessed in the land which the Lord of hosts has blessed,
19:25 saying, Blessed be my people that is in Egypt, and that is among the
Assyrians, and Israel mine inheritance. |
19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD
rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt
shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst of it.
19:2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall
fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour;
city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
19:3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will
destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the
charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
19:4 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, the LORD of hosts.
19:5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted
and dried up.
19:6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence
shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
19:7 The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every
thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
19:8 The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the
brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall
languish.
19:9 Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks,
shall be confounded.
19:10 And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make
sluices and ponds for fish.
19:11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise
counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the
son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
19:12 Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now,
and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
19:13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are
deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the
tribes thereof.
19:14 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they
have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth
in his vomit.
19:15 Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail,
branch or rush, may do.
19:16 In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and
fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he
shaketh over it.
19:17 And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that
maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of
the LORD of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
19:18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language
of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of
destruction.
19:19 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the
land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD.
19:20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in
the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the
oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall
deliver them.
19:21 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the
LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a
vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
19:22 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they
shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreated of them, and shall
heal them.
19:23 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 the
Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.
19:24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria,
even a blessing in the midst of the land:
19:25 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my
people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. |