Isaiah 19:5

And the mayim shall roll back from the yam, 1 and the Nile shall be parched and dried up. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 the Mitzrayim will I give over 1 into the yad adonim kasheh (power of hard taskmasters); 1 and a fierce melech shall rule over them, 1 saith HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os. 1

6And the neharot (streams, canals) shall turn foul; 1 and the moats shall be emptied and dried up; 1 the reeds and rushes shall wither. 1

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Cross References

Job 14:11As the mayim flow away from the yam, 1 and the nahar (stream) becomes parched and drieth up, 1

Jeremiah 51:36Therefore thus saith Hashem; 1 Hineni, I will defend thy cause, 1 and take vengeance for thee; 1 and I will dry up her yam, 1 and make her makor (spring) dry. 1

Zechariah 10:11And He + 10:11 Hashem shall pass through the yam of tzarah, 1 and shall strike the waves in the yam, 1 and all the depths of the Nile shall dry up; 1 and the ga'on (pride) of Assyria shall be cast down, 1 and the shevet (scepter) + 10:11 i.e., power of Mitzrayim shall depart. 1

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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