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A Message about Egypt
This message came to me concerning Egypt:
Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt,
riding on a swift cloud.
The idols of Egypt tremble.
The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
This message came to me concerning Egypt:
Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt,
riding on a swift cloud.
The idols of Egypt tremble.
The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.
“I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian —
brother against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
province against province.
brother against brother,
neighbor against neighbor,
city against city,
province against province.
“I will set Egyptians against Egyptians;
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
The Egyptians will lose heart,
and I will confuse their plans.
They will plead with their idols for wisdom
and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
and I will confuse their plans.
They will plead with their idols for wisdom
and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.
The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
I will hand Egypt over
to a hard, cruel master.
A fierce king will rule them,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
to a hard, cruel master.
A fierce king will rule them,”
says the Lord, the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
And the Egyptians I will give
Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields.
The riverbed will be parched and dry.
The riverbed will be parched and dry.
The waters will fail from the sea,
And the river will be wasted and dried up.
And the river will be wasted and dried up.
The canals of the Nile will dry up,
and the streams of Egypt will stink
with rotting reeds and rushes.
and the streams of Egypt will stink
with rotting reeds and rushes.
The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
All the greenery along the riverbank
and all the crops along the river
will dry up and blow away.
and all the crops along the river
will dry up and blow away.
The fishermen will lament for lack of work.
Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,
and those who use nets will lose heart.
Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan,
and those who use nets will lose heart.
The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
There will be no flax for the harvesters,
no thread for the weavers.
no thread for the weavers.
Moreover those who work in fine flax
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
They will be in despair,
and all the workers will be sick at heart.
and all the workers will be sick at heart.
And its foundations will be broken.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul.
What fools are the officials of Zoan!
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong.
Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom?
Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?
Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”
Pharaoh’s wise counselors give foolish counsel.
How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise,
The son of ancient kings?”
Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh?
Let them tell you what God plans,
what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is going to do to Egypt.
Let them tell you what God plans,
what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is going to do to Egypt.
Where are they?
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
Where are your wise men?
Let them tell you now,
And let them know what the Lord of hosts has purposed against Egypt.
The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them,
so all their suggestions are wrong.
They cause Egypt to stagger
like a drunk in his vomit.
so all their suggestions are wrong.
They cause Egypt to stagger
like a drunk in his vomit.
The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst;
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work,
As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
There is nothing Egypt can do.
All are helpless —
the head and the tail,
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
All are helpless —
the head and the tail,
the noble palm branch and the lowly reed.
Neither will there be any work for Egypt,
Which the head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
Which the head or tail,
Palm branch or bulrush, may do.
In that day the Egyptians will be as weak as women. They will cower in fear beneath the upraised fist of the LORD of Heaven’s Armies.
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.
Just to speak the name of Israel will terrorize them, for the LORD of Heaven’s Armies has laid out his plans against them.
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.
In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and there will be a monument to the LORD at its border.
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.
It will be a sign and a witness that the LORD of Heaven’s Armies is worshiped in the land of Egypt. When the people cry to the LORD for help against those who oppress them, he will send them a savior who will rescue them.
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.
The LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians. Yes, they will know the LORD and will give their sacrifices and offerings to him. They will make a vow to the LORD and will keep it.
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.
The LORD will strike Egypt, and then he will bring healing. For the Egyptians will turn to the LORD, and he will listen to their pleas and heal them.
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.
In that day Egypt and Assyria will be connected by a highway. The Egyptians and Assyrians will move freely between their lands, and they will both worship God.
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.
In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing in the midst of the earth.
In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria — a blessing in the midst of the land,