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Isaiah 19:5

3 And 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.

4 And 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.

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

6 And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

7 The 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.

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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.>

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Cross references

  • Ezekiel 30:12

    And I will make the rivers dry, and sell the land into the hand of the wicked: and I will make the land waste, and all that is therein, by the hand of strangers: I the LORD have spoken it.

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  • Jeremiah 51:36

    Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.

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  • Zechariah 14:18

    And if the family of Egypt go not up, and come not, that have no rain; there shall be the plague, wherewith the LORD will smite the heathen that come not up to keep the feast of tabernacles.

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  • Zechariah 10:11

    And he shall pass through the sea with affliction, and shall smite the waves in the sea, and all the deeps of the river shall dry up: and the pride of Assyria shall be brought down, and the sceptre of Egypt shall depart away.

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