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Message to Egypt
The oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
The oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the LORD is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
An Oracle Concerning Egypt
An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
An oracle concerning Egypt.
Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
And they will each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.
And I will confound their strategy,
So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to mediums and spiritists.
“Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel master,
And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of hosts.
and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
into the hand of a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
And the river will be parched and dry.
And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
and the river will be dry and parched,
The canals will emit a stench,
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
The reeds and rushes will rot away.
The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
The reeds and rushes will rot away.
and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
There will be bare places by the Nile,
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
on the brink of the Nile,
and all that is sown by the Nile will be parched,
will be driven away, and will be no more.
And the fishermen will lament,
And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.
The fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.
And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.
The workers in combed flax will be in despair,
and the weavers of white cotton.
and the weavers of white cotton.
And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
Those who are the pillars of the land will be crushed,
and all who work for pay will be grieved.
and all who work for pay will be grieved.
The princes of Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become stupid.
How can you men say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings”?
The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish;
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
the wisest counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the wise,
a son of ancient kings”?
Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them understand what the LORD of hosts
Has purposed against Egypt.
Please let them tell you,
And let them understand what the LORD of hosts
Has purposed against Egypt.
Where then are your wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
The princes of Zoan have acted foolishly,
The princes of Memphis are deluded;
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.
The princes of Memphis are deluded;
Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes
Have led Egypt astray.
The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
The LORD has mixed within her a spirit of distortion;
They have led Egypt astray in all that it does,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
They have led Egypt astray in all that it does,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
There will be no work for Egypt
Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
And there will be nothing for Egypt
that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
that head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
In that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.
Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed
In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
In that day the Egyptians will be like women, and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them.
The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the LORD of hosts which He is purposing against them.
And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.
In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.
In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near its border.
In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.
It will become a sign and a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the LORD because of oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Champion, and He will deliver them.
It will be a sign and a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry to the Lord because of oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them.
Thus the LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the LORD in that day. They will even worship with sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the LORD and perform it.
And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.
The LORD will strike Egypt, striking but healing; so they will return to the LORD, and He will respond to them and will heal them.
And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing, and they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their pleas for mercy and heal them.
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
In that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,
In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth,