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Isaías 19
La Biblia de las Américas
Isaías 19
La Biblia de las Américas
Profecía sobre Egipto
19 (A)Profecía sobre[a] Egipto(B).
He aquí, el Señor va montado sobre una nube veloz(C) y llega a Egipto;
se estremecen los ídolos de Egipto ante su presencia(D),
y el corazón de los egipcios se derrite dentro de ellos(E).
2 Incitaré a egipcios contra egipcios,
y cada uno peleará contra su hermano y cada cual contra su prójimo(F),
ciudad contra ciudad y reino contra reino.
3 Entonces el espíritu de los egipcios se apocará dentro de ellos;
confundiré sus planes,
y ellos acudirán a los ídolos, a los espíritus de los muertos,
a los médium y a los espiritistas[b](G).
4 Entregaré a los egipcios en manos de un amo cruel,
y un rey poderoso[c] gobernará sobre ellos —declara el Señor(H), Dios[d] de los ejércitos.
5 Se agotarán las aguas del mar,
y el río se secará y quedará seco(I).
6 Hederán los canales[e](J),
disminuirán y se secarán las corrientes[f] de Egipto[g](K);
la caña y el junco se marchitarán(L).
7 Las cañas junto al río, a orillas[h] del Nilo,
y todos los sembrados junto al Nilo(M)
se secarán, serán esparcidos, y no serán más.
8 Se lamentarán los pescadores,
y harán duelo todos los que echan anzuelo en el Nilo;
los que extienden sus redes sobre las aguas desfallecerán[i](N).
9 Serán confundidos[j] los que trabajan el lino cardado
y los tejedores de tela blanca(O).
10 Y las[k] columnas[l] de Egipto serán demolidas(P),
todos los jornaleros estarán abatidos[m].
11 No son más que necios los príncipes de Zoán[n](Q);
el consejo de los más sabios consejeros de Faraón se ha vuelto torpe[o].
¿Cómo decís a Faraón:
Yo soy hijo de los sabios(R), hijo de los antiguos reyes?
12 Pues bien, ¿dónde están tus sabios?
Que ellos ahora te declaren,
y te hagan saber[p] lo que el Señor de los ejércitos
ha determinado contra Egipto(S).
13 Han obrado neciamente los príncipes de Zoán[q],
se han engañado los príncipes de Menfis(T);
han extraviado[r] a Egipto
los que son la piedra angular(U) de sus tribus.
14 El Señor ha mezclado en medio de ella un espíritu de distorsión(V),
y han hecho extraviar a Egipto(W) en todas sus empresas[s],
como se tambalea[t](X) el ebrio en su vómito.
15 Y no habrá para Egipto obra alguna
que pueda hacer su cabeza o su cola, su hoja de palmera o su junco(Y).
16 En aquel día los egipcios serán como las mujeres, y temblarán y estarán aterrados ante la mano alzada que el Señor de los ejércitos agitará contra ellos(Z). 17 Y la tierra de Judá será terror[u] para Egipto; todo aquel a quien se la mencionen quedará aterrado de ella, a causa del propósito que el Señor de los ejércitos ha determinado contra él(AA).
18 Aquel día cinco ciudades en la tierra de Egipto hablarán la lengua de Canaán y jurarán lealtad al Señor de los ejércitos(AB); una de ellas será llamada Ciudad de Destrucción[v].
19 Aquel día habrá un altar al Señor en medio de la tierra de Egipto, y un pilar al Señor(AC) cerca de su frontera. 20 Y será por señal y por testimonio al Señor de los ejércitos en la tierra de Egipto; porque clamarán al Señor a causa de sus opresores, y Él les enviará un salvador y un poderoso(AD), el cual los librará. 21 Y el Señor se dará a conocer en Egipto, y los egipcios conocerán al Señor en aquel día. Adorarán con sacrificios y ofrendas(AE), harán voto al Señor y lo cumplirán. 22 Y el Señor herirá a Egipto; herirá pero sanará(AF); y ellos volverán al Señor(AG), y Él les responderá y los sanará.
23 Aquel día habrá una calzada(AH) desde Egipto hasta Asiria; los asirios entrarán en Egipto y los egipcios en Asiria, y los egipcios adorarán junto con los asirios(AI).
24 Aquel día Israel será un tercero con Egipto y con Asiria, una bendición en medio de la tierra, 25 porque el Señor de los ejércitos lo ha bendecido, diciendo: Bendito es Egipto mi pueblo(AJ), y Asiria obra de mis manos, e Israel mi heredad(AK).
Footnotes
- Isaías 19:1 O, Carga de
- Isaías 19:3 O, fantasmas y espíritus
- Isaías 19:4 O, fiero
- Isaías 19:4 Heb., YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor
- Isaías 19:6 Lit., ríos
- Isaías 19:6 I.e., el delta del Nilo
- Isaías 19:6 O, del lugar sitiado
- Isaías 19:7 O, boca
- Isaías 19:8 O, languidecerán
- Isaías 19:9 Lit., avergonzados
- Isaías 19:10 Lit., sus
- Isaías 19:10 O, tejedores
- Isaías 19:10 Lit., entristecidos de alma
- Isaías 19:11 O, Tanis
- Isaías 19:11 O, se ha entorpecido
- Isaías 19:12 O, sepan
- Isaías 19:13 O, Tanis
- Isaías 19:13 O, han hecho tambalear, y así en el vers. 14
- Isaías 19:14 Lit., toda su obra
- Isaías 19:14 O, se extravía
- Isaías 19:17 O, causa de vergüenza
- Isaías 19:18 Algunos mss. y versiones antiguas dicen: del Sol
Isaiah 19
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Isaiah 19
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Egypt Will Be Punished
19 (A) This is a message about Egypt:
The Lord comes to Egypt,
riding swiftly on a cloud.
The people are weak from fear.
Their idols tremble
as he approaches and says,
2 “I will punish Egypt
with civil war—
neighbors, cities, and kingdoms
will fight each other.
3 “Egypt will be discouraged
when I confuse their plans.
They will try to get advice
from their idols,
from the spirits of the dead,
and from fortunetellers.
4 I will put the Egyptians
under the power of a cruel,
heartless king.
I, the Lord All-Powerful,
have promised this.”
Trouble along the Nile
5 The Nile River will dry up
and become parched land.
6 Its streams will stink,
Egypt will have no water,
and the reeds and tall grass
will dry up.
7 Fields along the Nile
will be completely barren;
every plant will disappear.
8 Those who fish in the Nile
will be discouraged
and mourn.
9 None of the cloth makers[a]
will know what to do,
and they will turn pale.[b]
10 Weavers will be confused;
paid workers will cry and mourn.
Egypt's Helpless Leaders
11 The king's officials in Zoan[c]
are foolish themselves
and give stupid advice.
How can they say to him,
“We are very wise,
and our families go back
to kings of long ago?”
12 Where are those wise men now?
If they can, let them say
what the Lord All-Powerful
intends for Egypt.
13 The royal officials in Zoan
and in Memphis
are foolish and deceived.
The leaders in every state
have given bad advice
to the nation.
14 The Lord has confused Egypt;
its leaders have made it stagger
and vomit like a drunkard.
15 No one in Egypt can do a thing,
no matter who they are.
16 When the Lord All-Powerful punishes Egypt with his mighty arm, the Egyptians will become terribly weak and will tremble with fear. 17 They will be so terrified of Judah that they will be frightened by the very mention of its name. This will happen because of what the Lord All-Powerful is planning against Egypt.
The Lord Will Bless Egypt, Assyria, and Israel
18 The time is coming when Hebrew will be spoken in five Egyptian cities, and their people will become followers of the Lord. One of these cities will be called City of the Sun.[d]
19 In the heart of Egypt an altar will be set up for the Lord; at its border a shrine will be built to honor him. 20 These will remind the Egyptians that the Lord All-Powerful is with them. And when they are in trouble and ask for help, he will send someone to rescue them from their enemies. 21 The Lord will show the Egyptians who he is, and they will know and worship the Lord. They will bring him sacrifices and offerings, and they will keep their promises to him. 22 After the Lord has punished Egypt, the people will turn to him. Then he will answer their prayers, and the Egyptians will be healed.
23 At that time a good road will run from Egypt to Assyria. The Egyptians and the Assyrians will travel back and forth from Egypt to Assyria, and they will worship together. 24 Israel will join with these two countries. They will be a blessing to everyone on earth, 25 then the Lord All-Powerful will bless them by saying,
“The Egyptians are my people.
I created the Assyrians
and chose the Israelites.”
Footnotes
- 19.9 cloth makers: Cloth was made from several kinds of plants that grew in the fields along the Nile.
- 19.9 turn pale: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 19.11 Zoan: The city of Tanis in the Nile delta.
- 19.18 City of the Sun: Some manuscripts of the Standard Hebrew Text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, and one ancient translation; most manuscripts of the Standard Hebrew Text have “City of Destruction.” This probably refers to Heliopolis which means “City of the Sun” (see Jeremiah 43.13).
Isaiah 19
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Isaiah 19
New International Version
A Prophecy Against Egypt
19 A prophecy(A) against Egypt:(B)
See, the Lord rides on a swift cloud(C)
and is coming to Egypt.
The idols of Egypt tremble before him,
and the hearts of the Egyptians melt(D) with fear.
2 “I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—
brother will fight against brother,(E)
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
kingdom against kingdom.(F)
3 The Egyptians will lose heart,(G)
and I will bring their plans(H) to nothing;(I)
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead,
the mediums and the spiritists.(J)
4 I will hand the Egyptians over
to the power of a cruel master,
and a fierce king(K) will rule over them,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
5 The waters of the river will dry up,(L)
and the riverbed will be parched and dry.(M)
6 The canals will stink;(N)
the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.(O)
The reeds(P) and rushes will wither,(Q)
7 also the plants(R) along the Nile,
at the mouth of the river.
Every sown field(S) along the Nile
will become parched, will blow away and be no more.(T)
8 The fishermen(U) will groan and lament,
all who cast hooks(V) into the Nile;
those who throw nets on the water
will pine away.
9 Those who work with combed flax(W) will despair,
the weavers of fine linen(X) will lose hope.
10 The workers in cloth will be dejected,
and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.
11 The officials of Zoan(Y) are nothing but fools;
the wise counselors(Z) of Pharaoh give senseless advice.(AA)
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the wise men,(AB)
a disciple of the ancient kings”?
12 Where are your wise men(AC) now?
Let them show you and make known
what the Lord Almighty
has planned(AD) against Egypt.
13 The officials of Zoan(AE) have become fools,
the leaders of Memphis(AF) are deceived;
the cornerstones(AG) of her peoples
have led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has poured into them
a spirit of dizziness;(AH)
they make Egypt stagger in all that she does,
as a drunkard staggers(AI) around in his vomit.
15 There is nothing Egypt can do—
head or tail, palm branch or reed.(AJ)
16 In that day(AK) the Egyptians will become weaklings.(AL) They will shudder with fear(AM) at the uplifted hand(AN) that the Lord Almighty raises against them. 17 And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified,(AO) because of what the Lord Almighty is planning(AP) against them.
18 In that day(AQ) five cities(AR) in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance(AS) to the Lord Almighty. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.[a](AT)
19 In that day(AU) there will be an altar(AV) to the Lord in the heart of Egypt,(AW) and a monument(AX) to the Lord at its border. 20 It will be a sign and witness(AY) to the Lord Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior(AZ) and defender, and he will rescue(BA) them. 21 So the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge(BB) the Lord. They will worship(BC) with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and keep them.(BD) 22 The Lord will strike(BE) Egypt with a plague;(BF) he will strike them and heal them. They will turn(BG) to the Lord, and he will respond to their pleas and heal(BH) them.
23 In that day(BI) there will be a highway(BJ) from Egypt to Assyria.(BK) The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship(BL) together. 24 In that day(BM) Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria,(BN) a blessing[b](BO) on the earth. 25 The Lord Almighty will bless(BP) them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people,(BQ) Assyria my handiwork,(BR) and Israel my inheritance.(BS)”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 19:18 Some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Dead Sea Scrolls, Symmachus and Vulgate; most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text City of Destruction
- Isaiah 19:24 Or Assyria, whose names will be used in blessings (see Gen. 48:20); or Assyria, who will be seen by others as blessed
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