Isaiah 19:6
The rivers will become foul; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up; 1 the reeds and flags will wither away. 1
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In Context
5The waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will dry up and become empty. 1
Cross References
Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she took a papyrus basket and sealed it with bitumen and pitch. Then she put the child in it and placed it among the reeds in the water along the side of the river.
2 Kings 19:24I have dug wells 2 and have drunk foreign waters. 1 I dried up all the rivers of Egypt 2 under the soles of my feet.' 1
Job 8:12While they are still green and not cut down, 1 they wither before any other plant. 1
Isaiah 18:2who send ambassadors by the sea, in vessels of papyrus on the waters. 1 Go, you swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, 1 to a people feared far and near, a nation strong and trampling down, whose land the rivers divide. 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 →