Isaiah 19:15

And there will be no work for Egypt that would produce a head or a tail, one who bows down or one who refrains from bowing down.

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In The King James Version

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do.

In Context

14The Lord has mixed a spirit of giddiness into its midst. And they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, like a drunken man who staggers and vomits.

16In that day, Egypt will be like women, and they will be stupefied and fearful before the presence of the shaking hand of the Lord of hosts, the hand which he will move over them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:23In every work, there shall be abundance. But where there are many words, there is often need.

Isaiah 9:14And so, the Lord will disperse, away from Israel, the head and the tail, he who bows down and he who refrains, in one day.

Haggai 1:11And I called a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the wheat, and over the wine, and over the oil, and whatever the soil would bring forth, and over men, and over beasts of burden, and over all the labor of hands.

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18

The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →

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