Isaiah 19:14

Egypt

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.

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.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit.
KJV: 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.
WEB: The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
ASV: Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
DARBY: Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst thereof; and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.
BLB: YHWH has mixed into her midst a spirit of distortions, and Egypt they have led astray in all her work, like the staggering of a drunkard in his vomit.

ÅB: Herren har utøst i deres indre en svimmelhets-ånd, og de har ført Egypt vill i all dets gjerning, som en drukken mann forvillet tumler om i sitt spy.
OTB: Herren har blandet i henne en ånd av svimmelhet; de får Egypt til å sjangle i alt hun gjør, som en drukkenbolt sjangler i sitt oppkast.
B1930: Herren har utøst i deres indre en svimmelhets-ånd, og de har ført Egypten vill i all dets gjerning, som en drukken mann forvillet tumler om i sitt spy.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

2 Thessalonians 2:11
And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie:
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1 Kings 22:20–23
And the LORD said, Who shall persuade Ahab, that he may go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead? And one said on this manner, and another said on that manner.
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Ezekiel 14:7–9
For every one of the house of Israel, or of the stranger that sojourneth in Israel, which separateth himself from me, and setteth up his idols in his heart, and putteth the stumblingblock of his iniquity before his face, and cometh to a prophet to enquire of him concerning me; I the LORD will answer him by myself:
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Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like a drunken man.
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Isaiah 47:10–11
For thou hast trusted in thy wickedness: thou hast said, None seeth me. Thy wisdom and thy knowledge, it hath perverted thee; and thou hast said in thine heart, I am, and none else beside me.
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Jeremiah 25:27
Therefore thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Drink ye, and be drunken, and spue, and fall, and rise no more, because of the sword which I will send among you.
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Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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Isaiah 29:9–10
Stay yourselves, and wonder; cry ye out, and cry: they are drunken, but not with wine; they stagger, but not with strong drink.
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