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Isaiah 19:6

Egypt

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.

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

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.

8 Then the fishermen will mourn, all who cast a hook into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the waters will pine away.

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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 canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.
KJV
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.
WEB
The rivers will become foul. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up. The reeds and flags will wither away.
ASV
And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.
DARBY
and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.
BLB
and the rivers will trickle and will become foul, and the brooks of Egypt dried out; the reeds and rushes will wither,
ÅB
og elvene stinker, Egypts strømmer minker og blir tørre; rør og siv visner;
OTB
Kanalene skal avgi en stank; Egypts bekker skal minke og tørke opp. Siv og sivgress skal visne.
B1930
og elvene stinker, Egyptens strømmer minker og blir tørre; rør og siv visner;

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Cross references

  • Isaiah 37:25

    I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

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  • Exodus 7:18

    The fish in the Nile will die, the river will stink, and the Egyptians will be unable to drink its water.’”

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  • Job 8:11

    Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

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  • 2 Kings 19:24

    I have dug wells and drunk foreign waters. With the soles of my feet I have dried up all the streams of Egypt.”

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  • Exodus 2:3

    But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

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  • Isaiah 15:6

    The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.

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  • Isaiah 18:2

    which sends couriers by sea, in papyrus vessels on the waters. Go, swift messengers, to a people tall and smooth-skinned, to a people widely feared, to a powerful nation of strange speech, whose land is divided by rivers.

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