Isaiah 19
Study sheet, King James Version, with the original-language words this chapter turns on.
The text
1The 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.
2And 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.
3And 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.
4And 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.
5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
7The 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.
8The 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.
9Moreover they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, shall be confounded.
10And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish.
11Surely 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?
12Where 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.
13The 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.
14The 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.
15Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.
16In 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.
17And 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.
18In 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.
19In 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.
20And 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.
21And 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.
22And 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.
23In 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.
24In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land:
25Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance.
Words in this chapter
Definitions are Strong's own wording from his Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Counts are how often each word appears in this chapter, from the tagged text.
- מִצְרַיִםMitsrayimH471426× in this chapter
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhH306817× in this chapter
Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
- הָיָהhâyâhH19619× in this chapter
to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
- הוּאhûwʼH19318× in this chapter
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are
- אֵלʼêlH4137× in this chapter
near, with or among; often in general, to
- עַלʻalH59217× in this chapter
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
- צָבָאtsâbâʼH66357× in this chapter
a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship)
- אֵתʼêthH8537× in this chapter
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
- יוֹםyôwmH31176× in this chapter
a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb)
- אַשּׁוּרʼAshshûwrH8046× in this chapter
Ashshur, the second son of Shem; also his descendants and the country occupied by them (i.e. Assyria), its region and its empire
- יְאֹרyᵉʼôrH29755× in this chapter
a channel, e.g. a fosse, canal, shaft; specifically the Nile, as the one river of Egypt, including its collateral trenches; also the Tigris, as the main river of Assyria
- כֹּלkôlH36055× in this chapter
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
- פָּנִיםpânîymH64405× in this chapter
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
- אֲשֶׁרʼăsherH8345× in this chapter
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
- עִירʻîyrH58924× in this chapter
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
- עֵצָהʻêtsâhH60984× in this chapter
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
- קֶרֶבqerebH71304× in this chapter
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
- אֶרֶץʼeretsH7764× in this chapter
the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
- חָכָםchâkâmH24503× in this chapter
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
- יָדyâdH30273× in this chapter
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
- יָדַעyâdaʻH30453× in this chapter
to know (properly, to ascertain by seeing); used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially (including observation, care, recognition; and causatively, instruction, designation, punishment, etc.)
- מַעֲשֶׂהmaʻăsehH46393× in this chapter
an action (good or bad); generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product (specifically, a poem) or (generally) property
- אָמַרʼâmarH5593× in this chapter
to say (used with great latitude)
- עָבַדʻâbadH56473× in this chapter
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- שַׂרsarH82693× in this chapter
a head person (of any rank or class)
- תָּעָהtâʻâhH85823× in this chapter
to vacillate, i.e. reel or stray (literally or figuratively); also causative of both
- בֵּןbênH11212× in this chapter
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
- אָדוֹןʼâdôwnH1132× in this chapter
sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
- בָרַךְbârakH12882× in this chapter
to kneel; by implication to bless God (as an act of adoration), and (vice-versa) man (as a benefit); also (by euphemism) to curse (God or the king, as treason)
- חָרַבchârabH27172× in this chapter
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
- יָבֵשׁyâbêshH30012× in this chapter
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
- יָעַץyâʻatsH32892× in this chapter
to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve
- יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêlH34782× in this chapter
Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
- אִישׁʼîyshH3762× in this chapter
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
- מַיִםmayimH43252× in this chapter
water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
- מֶלֶךְmelekH44282× in this chapter
a king
- מַמְלָכָהmamlâkâhH44672× in this chapter
dominion, i.e. (abstractly) the estate (rule) or (concretely) the country (realm)
- אֱלִילʼĕlîylH4572× in this chapter
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
- נָגַףnâgaphH50622× in this chapter
to push, gore, defeat, stub (the toe), inflict (a disease)
- נָהָרnâhârH51042× in this chapter
a stream (including the sea; expectation the Nile, Euphrates, etc.); figuratively, prosperity