Isaiah 19:18-25
Holman Christian Standard Bible
18 On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Hosts. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun.[a][b]
19 On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.(A) 20 It will be a sign and witness to the Lord of Hosts in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the Lord because of their oppressors, He will send them a savior and leader, and he will rescue them.(B) 21 The Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and Egypt will know the Lord on that day. They will offer sacrifices and offerings;(C) they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them. 22 The Lord will strike Egypt, striking and healing. Then they will return to the Lord and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
23 On that day there will be a highway(D) from Egypt to Assyria. Assyria will go to Egypt, Egypt to Assyria, and Egypt will worship with Assyria.
24 On that day Israel will form a triple alliance with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing within the land. 25 The Lord of Hosts will bless them, saying, “Egypt My people, Assyria My handiwork,(E) and Israel My inheritance are blessed.”(F)
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- Isaiah 19:18 Some Hb mss, DSS, Sym, Tg, Vg, Arabic; other Hb mss read of Destruction; LXX reads of Righteousness
- Isaiah 19:18 = the ancient Egyptian city Heliopolis
Isaiah 42:6-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
6 “I, Yahweh, have called You
for a righteous purpose,[a](A)
and I will hold You by Your hand.(B)
I will keep You and appoint You
to be a covenant for the people(C)
and a light to the nations,(D)
7 in order to open blind eyes,(E)
to bring out prisoners from the dungeon,(F)
and those sitting in darkness from the prison house.
8 I am Yahweh, that is My name;
I will not give My glory to another(G)
or My praise to idols.
9 The past events have indeed happened.
Now I declare new events;(H)
I announce them to you before they occur.”
A Song of Praise
10 Sing a new song to the Lord;(I)
sing His praise from the ends of the earth,
you who go down to the sea with all that fills it,(J)
you islands with your[b] inhabitants.
11 Let the desert and its cities shout,
the settlements where Kedar dwells cry aloud.(K)
Let the inhabitants of Sela sing for joy;(L)
let them cry out from the mountaintops.
Footnotes
- Isaiah 42:6 Or you by [My] righteousness; lit you in righteousness
- Isaiah 42:10 Lit their
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