Isaiah 19:15

And there shall not be for Egypt [successful] work, which the head or tail, palm-branch or rush, may do.

Leeser Tanakh

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 hath poured out in the midst thereof a spirit of perverseness: and they have led Egypt astray in all its work, as a drunkard reeleth astray in his vomit.

16On that day shall Egypt be like the women: and it shall tremble and be in dread because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he waveth over it.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:23In all painful labor there is profit; but mere words of the lips [lead] only to want.

Isaiah 9:14(9:13) And the Lord cutteth off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, on one day.

Haggai 1:11And I called for a drought over the land, and over the mountains, and over the corn, and over the new wine, and over the oil, and over what the ground bringeth forth, and over men, and over cattle, and over all the labor of the 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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