Isaías 19
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Profecía sobre Egipto
19 (A)Oráculo[a] sobre[b] Egipto(B):
«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 -»Voy a provocar 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 adivinos y a los espiritistas[c](G).
4 -»Entregaré a los egipcios en manos de un amo cruel,
Y un rey poderoso[d] gobernará sobre ellos», declara el Señor(H), Dios[e] de los ejércitos.
5 ¶Se agotarán las aguas del mar,
El río se secará y quedará seco(I).
6 Los canales[f] olerán mal(J),
Disminuirán y se secarán las corrientes[g] de Egipto[h](K);
La caña y el junco se marchitarán(L).
7 Las cañas junto al río, a orillas[i] del Nilo,
Y todos los sembrados junto al Nilo(M)
Se secarán, serán esparcidos, y no existirán 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[j](N).
9 Serán confundidos[k] los que trabajan el lino peinado
Y los tejedores de tela blanca(O).
10 Las[l] columnas[m] de Egipto serán demolidas(P),
Todos los jornaleros estarán abatidos[n].
11 ¶No son más que necios los príncipes de Zoán[o](Q).
El consejo de los más sabios consejeros de Faraón se ha vuelto torpe[p].
¿Cómo dicen 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[q] lo que el Señor de los ejércitos
Ha determinado contra Egipto(S).
13 Han obrado neciamente los príncipes de Zoán[r],
Han sido engañados los príncipes de Menfis(T).
Han extraviado[s] 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[t],
Como se tambalea[u](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[v] 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 ellos(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[w].
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 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
- 19:1 O Profecía.
- 19:1 O Carga de.
- 19:3 O fantasmas y espíritus.
- 19:4 O fiero.
- 19:4 Heb. YHWH, generalmente traducido Señor.
- 19:6 Lit. ríos.
- 19:6 I.e. el delta del Nilo.
- 19:6 O del lugar sitiado.
- 19:7 O boca.
- 19:8 O languidecerán.
- 19:9 Lit. avergonzados.
- 19:10 Lit. sus.
- 19:10 O tejedores.
- 19:10 Lit. entristecidos de alma.
- 19:11 O Tanis.
- 19:11 O se ha entorpecido.
- 19:12 O sepan.
- 19:13 O Tanis.
- 19:13 O han hecho tambalear, y así en el vers. 14.
- 19:14 Lit. toda su obra.
- 19:14 O se extravía.
- 19:17 O causa de vergüenza.
- 19:18 Algunos mss. y versiones antiguas dicen: del Sol.
Isaiah 19
King James Version
19 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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?
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.
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.
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 over it.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
24 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
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.
Isaiah 19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
An Oracle concerning Egypt
19 An oracle concerning Egypt.
See, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.(A)
2 I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
and they will fight, one against the other,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;(B)
3 the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound their plans;
they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead
and the ghosts and the familiar spirits;(C)
4 I will deliver the Egyptians
into the hand of a hard master;
a fierce king will rule over them,
says the Sovereign, the Lord of hosts.(D)
5 The waters of the Nile will be dried up,
and the river will be parched and dry;(E)
6 its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt’s Nile will diminish and dry up.
Reeds and rushes will rot away,(F)
7 the reeds beside the Nile;[a]
all that is sown by the Nile will dry up,
be driven away, and be no more.
8 Those who fish will mourn;
all who cast hooks in the Nile will lament,
and those who spread nets on the water will languish.
9 The workers in flax will be in despair,
and the carders and those at the loom will grow pale.
10 Its weavers will be dismayed,
and all who work for wages will be grieved.(G)
11 Clearly the princes of Zoan are foolish;
the wise counselors of Pharaoh give stupid counsel.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am one of the sages,
a descendant of ancient kings”?(H)
12 Where now are your sages?
Let them tell you and make known
what the Lord of hosts has planned against Egypt.(I)
13 The princes of Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of Memphis are deluded;
those who are the cornerstones of its tribes
have led Egypt astray.(J)
14 The Lord has poured into them[b]
a spirit of confusion;
and they have made Egypt stagger in all its doings
as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.(K)
15 Neither head nor tail, palm branch or reed,
will be able to do anything for Egypt.
16 On that day the Egyptians will be like women and tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts raises against them.(L) 17 And the land of Judah will become a terror[c] to the Egyptians; everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the plan that the Lord of hosts is planning against them.(M)
Egypt, Assyria, and Israel Blessed
18 On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of the Sun.[d](N)
19 On 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.(O) 20 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 will defend and deliver them.(P) 21 The Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord on that day and will serve with sacrifice and offerings, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them.(Q) 22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking but healing, so that they will return to the Lord, and he will listen to their supplications and heal them.(R)
23 On that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.(S)
24 On that day Israel will be the third party with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people and Assyria the work of my hands and Israel my heritage.”(T)
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