Isaiah 19:6

The streams shall become putrid; The canals of Egypt shall be emptied and dried up; The reed and the rush shall wither.

Noyes Bible

In The King James Version

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

In Context

5Then shall the waters fail from the river, Yea, the river shall be wasted and dried up.

7The meadows by the river, by the borders of the river, And all that groweth by the river, Shall wither, be blasted, and be no more.

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Cross References

Job 8:12While it is yet in its greenness, and is not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.

Isaiah 18:2That sendest thy messengers upon the sea, In reed-boats upon the face of the waters: Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and fair, To a people terrible from the first and onward, To a mighty, victorious people, Whose land is divided by rivers!

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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