Isaiah 19
New American Standard Bible
Message to Egypt
19 The (A)pronouncement concerning (B)Egypt:
Behold, the Lord is (C)riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt;
The (D)idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence,
And the (E)heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
2 “So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will fight, (F)each against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confuse their strategy,
So that (G)they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead,
And to [a]mediums and spiritists.
4 Furthermore, I will hand the Egyptians over to a (H)cruel master,
And a [b]mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord [c]God of armies.
5 (I)The waters from the sea will dry up,
And the river will be parched and dry.
6 The [d](J)canals will emit a stench,
The [e](K)streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;
(L)The reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 The bulrushes by the (M)Nile, by the [f]edge of the Nile
And all the sown fields by the Nile
Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.
8 And the (N)fishermen will grieve,
And all those who cast a [g]line into the Nile will mourn,
And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.
9 Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax
And the weavers of white (O)cloth will be [h]utterly dejected.
10 And [i]the (P)pillars of Egypt will be crushed;
All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.
11 The officials of [j](Q)Zoan are mere fools;
The advice of Pharaoh’s wisest advisers has become [k]stupid.
How can you say to Pharaoh,
“I am a son of the (R)wise, a son of ancient kings”?
12 Well then, where are your wise men?
Please let them tell you,
And let them [l]understand what the Lord of armies
Has (S)planned against Egypt.
13 The officials of [m]Zoan have turned out to be fools,
The officials of (T)Memphis are deluded;
Those who are the (U)cornerstone of her tribes
Have [n]led Egypt astray.
14 The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of (V)distortion;
(W)They have led Egypt astray in all [o]that it does,
As a (X)drunken person [p]staggers in his vomit.
15 There will be no work for Egypt
(Y)Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do.
16 On that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in great (Z)fear because of the (AA)waving of the hand of the Lord of armies, which He is going to wave over them. 17 The land of Judah will become a cause of shame to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in great fear because of the (AB)plan of the Lord of armies which He is making against them.
18 On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and (AC)swearing allegiance to the Lord of armies; one will be called the City of [q]Destruction.
19 On that day there will be an (AD)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a (AE)memorial stone to the Lord beside its border. 20 And it will become a sign and a witness to the Lord of armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry out to the Lord because of oppressors, and He will send them a (AF)Savior and a (AG)Champion, and He will save them. 21 So the Lord will make Himself known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord on that day. They will even worship with (AH)sacrifice and offering, and will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, striking but (AI)healing; so they will (AJ)return to the Lord, and He will respond to their pleas and heal them.
23 On that day there will be a (AK)road from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrians will come into Egypt and the Egyptians into Assyria; and the Egyptians will (AL)worship with the Assyrians.
24 On that day Israel will be the third party to Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of armies has blessed, saying, “Blessed is (AM)Egypt My people, and Assyria (AN)the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 19:3 Or ghosts and spirits
- Isaiah 19:4 Or fierce
- Isaiah 19:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord
- Isaiah 19:6 Lit rivers
- Isaiah 19:6 Or Nile branches; i.e., the delta
- Isaiah 19:7 Or mouth
- Isaiah 19:8 Lit hook
- Isaiah 19:9 Lit ashamed
- Isaiah 19:10 Lit her pillars; or her weavers
- Isaiah 19:11 Or Tanis
- Isaiah 19:11 Or brutish
- Isaiah 19:12 Or know
- Isaiah 19:13 Or Tanis
- Isaiah 19:13 Or have caused Egypt to stagger
- Isaiah 19:14 Lit its work
- Isaiah 19:14 Or goes astray
- Isaiah 19:18 Some mss and ancient versions the Sun
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
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.
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