Isaiah 19:1-17

Isaiah 19:1-17

[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  [2] And I will set  the Egyptians  and they shall fight  every one  against his brother,  and every one  against his neighbour;  city  and kingdom  [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.  [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.  [5] And the waters  shall fail  from the sea,  and the river  shall be wasted  and dried up.  [6] the rivers  far away;  and the brooks  of defence  shall be emptied  and dried up:  the reeds  and flags  shall wither.  [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,  [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.  [9] Moreover they that work  in fine  flax,  and they that weave  networks,  shall be confounded.  [10] And they shall be broken  in the purposes  thereof, all that make  sluices  and ponds  for fish.  [11] Surely the princes  of Zoan  the counsel  of the wise  of Pharaoh  is become brutish:  how say  ye unto Pharaoh,  I am the son  of the wise,  the son  of ancient  kings?  [12] Where  are they? where  are thy wise  men? and let them tell  thee now, and let them know  of hosts  hath purposed  upon Egypt.  [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  [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.  [15] Neither shall there be any work  for Egypt,  which the head  or tail,  branch  or rush,  may do.  [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  [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.