210Or, oracle concerning Egypt.
19: 2 And I will 211stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
211Or, join together or, arm
19: 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall 212fail in the midst of it; and I will 213destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the 214charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
212Hb. be emptied in the midst of it;
213Hb. swallow up the counsel thereof:
214Or, whisperers,
19: 4 And I will 215give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.
215Or, shut up the Egyptians
19: 5 And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
19: 6 And the rivers shall become foul; the 216streams of 217Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
216Or, canals
217Hb. Mazor (not the usual Mizraim, two Egypts)
19: 7 The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, shall become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
19: 8 And the fishers shall lament, and all they that cast angle into the Nile shall mourn, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.
19: 9 Moreover they that work in combed flax, and they that weave 218white cloth, shall be confounded.
218Or, cotton
19: 10 And 219the 220pillars of Egypt shall be broken in pieces; all they 221that work for hire shall be grieved of soul.
219Hb. her pillars
220Or, foundations
221Or, that make dams shall be grieved in soul.
19: 11 The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish; the counsel of the wisest 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 then are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now; and let them know what Jehovah of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.
19: 13 The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.
19: 14 Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man 222staggereth in his vomit.
222Or, goeth astray in
19: 15 Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.
19: 16 In that day shall Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.
19: 17 And the land of Judah shall become a terror unto Egypt; 223every one to whom mention is made thereof shall be afraid, because of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts, which he purposeth against it.
223Or, every one that maketh mention thereof, to him shall they turn in fear,
19: 18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of 224the sun.
224Hb. ha cheres. So 1QIsaa 4QIsab Hbmg Vg. GkSymm. Massoretic (=Hbtxt) Aram. read the destruction. or, ha Heres. Sept. reads the righteousness.
19: 19 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.
19: 20 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they shall cry unto Jehovah because of oppressors, and he will send them a saviour, and 225a defender, and he will deliver them.
225Or, a mighty one,
19: 21 And Jehovah shall 226be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day; yes, they shall worship with sacrifice and oblation, and shall vow a vow unto Jehovah, and shall perform it.
226Or, make himself known to Egypt,
19: 22 And Jehovah will smite Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return unto Jehovah, and he will be entreated of them, and will 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 worship with the Assyrians.
19: 24 In that day shall Israel be a third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;
19: 25 for that Jehovah of hosts hath blessed them, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
