{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/19","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:27:41.768Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Isaiah","bookSlug":"isaiah","chapter":19,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":18,"nextChapter":20,"totalChapters":66,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The burden of Egypt: |Behold, Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians, and they will fight everyone against his brother, and everyone against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst. I will destroy its counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord. A fierce king will rule over them,| says the Lord, Yahweh of Armies."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all the sown fields of the Nile, will become dry, be driven away, and be no more."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"The fishermen will lament, and all those who fish in the Nile will mourn, and those who spread nets on the waters will languish."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth, will be confounded."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The pillars will be broken in pieces. All those who work for hire will be grieved in soul."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"The princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, |I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Where then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The princes of Zoan have become fools. The princes of Memphis are deceived. They have caused Egypt to go astray, who are the cornerstone of her tribes."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"Yahweh has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Neither shall there be for Egypt any work, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of Armies, which he shakes over them."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt. Everyone to whom mention is made of it will be afraid, because of the plans of Yahweh of Armies, which he determines against it."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called |The city of destruction.|"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"In that day, there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to Yahweh at its border."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"It will be for a sign and for a witness to Yahweh of Armies in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to Yahweh because of oppressors, and he will send them a savior and a defender, and he will deliver them."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Yahweh will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know Yahweh in that day. Yes, they will worship with sacrifice and offering, and will vow a vow to Yahweh, and will perform it."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Yahweh will strike Egypt, striking and healing. They will return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated by them, and will heal them."},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"In that day, Israel will be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth;"},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"because Yahweh of Armies has blessed them, saying, |Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel my inheritance.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Isaiah 19 (WEB)","markdown":"[Isaiah 19](https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/19)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/isaiah/19 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}