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Isaiah 19
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Isaiah 19
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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
Isaiah 19
English Standard Version
Isaiah 19
English Standard Version
An Oracle Concerning Egypt
19 An (A)oracle concerning (B)Egypt.
Behold, the Lord (C)is riding on a swift cloud
and comes to Egypt;
and (D)the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence,
and the heart of the Egyptians will (E)melt within them.
2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians,
(F)and they will fight, each against another
and each against his neighbor,
city against city, kingdom against kingdom;
3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out,
and I will confound[a] their (G)counsel;
and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers,
and (H)the mediums and the necromancers;
4 and I will give over the Egyptians
into the hand of (I)a hard master,
and a fierce king will rule over them,
declares the Lord God of hosts.
5 And the waters of the sea will be dried up,
and the river will be dry and parched,
6 and its canals will become foul,
and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up,
reeds and rushes will rot away.
7 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.
8 The (J)fishermen will mourn and lament,
all who cast a hook in the Nile;
and they will languish
who spread nets on the water.
9 The workers in (K)combed flax will be in despair,
and the weavers of white cotton.
10 Those who are the (L)pillars of the land will be crushed,
and all who (M)work for pay will be grieved.
11 The princes of (N)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”?
12 Where then are your (O)wise men?
Let them tell you
that they might know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
13 The princes of (P)Zoan have become fools,
and the princes of (Q)Memphis are deluded;
those who are the (R)cornerstones of her tribes
have made Egypt stagger.
14 The Lord has mingled within her (S)a spirit of confusion,
and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds,
(T)as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
15 And there will be nothing for Egypt
that (U)head or tail, palm branch or reed, may do.
Egypt, Assyria, Israel Blessed
16 In that day the Egyptians will be (V)like women, and (W)tremble with fear before the hand that the Lord of hosts shakes over them. 17 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.
18 (X)In that day there will be (Y)five cities in the land of Egypt that (Z)speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction.[b]
19 In that day there will be an (AA)altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a (AB)pillar to the Lord at its border. 20 (AC)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, (AD)he will send them a savior and defender, and deliver them. 21 (AE)And the Lord will make himself known to the Egyptians, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day (AF)and worship with sacrifice and offering, and they will make vows to the Lord and perform them. 22 (AG)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.
23 (AH)In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and Assyria will come into Egypt, and Egypt into Assyria, (AI)and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.
24 In that day Israel will be the third with Egypt and Assyria, (AJ)a blessing in the midst of the earth, 25 whom the Lord of hosts has blessed, saying, “Blessed be Egypt (AK)my people, and Assyria (AL)the work of my hands, and (AM)Israel my inheritance.”
Footnotes
- Isaiah 19:3 Or I will swallow up
- Isaiah 19:18 Dead Sea Scroll and some other manuscripts City of the Sun
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.
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