Isaiah 19:15

And there shall be no work to the Egyptians, which shall make head or tail, or beginning or end.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

14For the Lord has prepared for them a spirit of error, and they have caused Egypt to err in all their works, as one staggers who is drunken and vomits also.

16But in that day the Egyptians shall be as women, in fear and in trembling because of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shall bring upon them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:23With everyone who is careful there is abundance: 1 But the pleasure taking and indolent shall be in want. 1

Isaiah 9:14the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

Haggai 1:11And I will bring a sword upon the land, and upon the mountains, and upon the corn, and upon the wine, and upon the oil, and all that the earth produces, and upon the men, and upon the cattle, and upon all the labors of their 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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