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Isaiah 19:5

3 Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.

4 I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.

6 The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

7 The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more.

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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.

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BSB
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
KJV
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
WEB
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and become dry.
ASV
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and become dry.
DARBY
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;
BLB
And the waters of the Sea will dry up, and the River will become parched and dried up;
ÅB
Og vannet i havet[^1] blir borte, og elven blir tørr, aldeles uttørret,
OTB
Havets vann skal tørke opp, og elveleiet skal bli uttørket og tørt.
B1930
Og vannet i havet blir borte, og elven blir tørr, aldeles uttørret, / < den overstrømmende Nilflod.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Ezekiel 30:12

    I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.

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  • Jeremiah 51:36

    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I will plead your case and take vengeance on your behalf; I will dry up her sea and make her springs run dry.

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  • Zechariah 14:18

    And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.

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  • Zechariah 10:11

    They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.

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