Isaiah 19:5

And waters have failed from the sea, || And a river is desolated and dried up.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

In Context

4And I have delivered the Egyptians || Into the hand of a hard lord, || And a strong king rules over them, || A declaration of the Lord, YHWH of Hosts.

6And they have turned away the flowings, || Brooks of the bulwark have been weak and dried up, || Reed and flag have withered.

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Cross References

Job 14:11Waters have gone away from a sea, || And a river becomes waste and dry.

Jeremiah 51:36Therefore, thus said YHWH: Behold, I am pleading your cause, || And I have avenged your vengeance, || And dried up her sea, and made her fountains dry.

Zechariah 10:11And He has passed over through the sea, || And has pressed and struck billows in the sea, || And all depths of a flood have been dried up, || And the excellence of Asshur has been brought down, || And the rod of Egypt turns aside.

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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