Isaiah 19:15

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which head or tail, palm branch or rush, may do.

World English Bible British with Deuterocanon

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

14The LORD has mixed a spirit of perverseness in the middle of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in all of its works, like a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the LORD of Armies’s hand, which he shakes over them.

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Cross References

Proverbs 14:23In all hard work there is profit, but the talk of the lips leads only to poverty.

Isaiah 9:14Therefore the LORD will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed, in one day.

Haggai 1:11I called for a drought on the land, on the mountains, on the grain, on the new wine, on the oil, on that which the ground produces, on men, on livestock, and on all the labour of the 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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