The Bible Software
bible.software › Isaiah › Isaiah 19 › Isaiah 19:1

Isaiah 19:1

The vision of Egypt. Behold, the Lord sits on a swift cloud, and shall come to Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and their heart shall faint within them.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And the Egyptians shall be stirred up against the Egyptians: and a man shall fight against his brother, and a man against his neighbor, city against city, and law against law.

Read all of Isaiah 19

Cross References

Exodus 12:12And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will smite every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast, and on all the gods of Egypt will I execute vengeance: I am the Lord.

Numbers 33:4And the Egyptians buried those that died of them, even all that the Lord smote, every firstborn in the land of Egypt; also the Lord executed vengeance on their gods.

Joshua 2:9and she said to them, I know that the Lord has given you the land; for the fear of you has fallen upon us.

Joshua 2:24And they said to Joshua, The Lord has delivered all the land into our power, and all the inhabitants of that land tremble because of us.

Psalms 18:10The fear of the Lord is pure, enduring forever and ever: 1 The judgments of the Lord are true, and justified altogether. 1

Psalms 68:33Let the poor see and rejoice; 1 Seek the Lord diligently, and ye shall live. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:1

As Assyria was a breaking rod to Judah, with which it was smitten, so Egypt was a broken reed, with which it was cheated; and therefore God had a quarrel with them both. We have before read the doom of the Assyrians; now here we have the burden of Egypt, a prophecy concerning that nation, I. That it should be greatly weakened and brought low, and should be as contemptible among the nations as now it was considerable, rendered so by a complication of judgments which God would bring upon them, ver. 1-17 . II. That… Read the whole commentary →

This Verse In Other Editions

King James VersionBíblia Portuguesa MundialLuther Bibel (Deutsch)Bible Louis Segond (Français)Библия (Русский)新标点和合本성경 (한국어)الكتاب المقدس باللغة العربية، فان دايكBibbia Diodati (Italiano)Kinh Thánh (Tiếng Việt)Biblia Cornilescu (Română)Polish Biblia Gdanska (1881)Statenvertaling (Nederlands)

Study Isaiah 19:1

Matthew HenryJamieson-Fausset-BrownAdam ClarkeJohn WesleyJohn CalvinKeil and DelitzschScofieldFamily Bible NotesGeneva Bible Notes (1599)
Isaiah 19Isaiah 19:2 →