61 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
61 lines
3.5 KiB
Markdown
# Chapter 19
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1 The burden against Egypt.
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Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud,
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And will come into Egypt;
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The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
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And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
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2 “I will set Egyptians against Egyptians;
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Everyone will fight against his brother,
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And everyone against his neighbor,
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City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
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3 The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
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I will destroy their counsel,
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And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
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The mediums and the sorcerers.
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4 And the Egyptians I will give
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Into the hand of a cruel master,
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And a fierce king will rule over them,”
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Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
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5 The waters will fail from the sea,
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And the river will be wasted and dried up.
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6 The rivers will turn foul;
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The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
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The reeds and rushes will wither.
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7 The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,
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And everything sown by the River,
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Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
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8 The fishermen also will mourn;
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All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
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And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
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9 Moreover those who work in fine flax
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And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
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10 And its foundations will be broken.
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All who make wages will be troubled of soul.
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11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
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Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
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How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
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The son of ancient kings?”
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12 Where are they?
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Where are your wise men?
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Let them tell you now,
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And let them know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
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13 The princes of Zoan have become fools;
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The princes of Noph are deceived;
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They have also deluded Egypt,
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Those who are the mainstay of its tribes.
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14 The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst;
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And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
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As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
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15 Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
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Which the head or tail,
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Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
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16 In that day Egypt will be like women, and will be afraid and fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He waves over it.
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17 And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has determined against it.
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18 In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction.
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19 In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border.
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20 And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them.
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21 Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it.
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22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the Lord, and He will be entreated by them and heal them.
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23 In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians will serve with the Assyrians.
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24 In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria—a blessing in the midst of the land,
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25 whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, “Blessed is Egypt My people, and Assyria the work of My hands, and Israel My inheritance.” |