Isaiah 19:5
And the waters shall be dried up from the great stream,—And the River, shall waste and be dry;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.
In Context
6And rivers, shall stink, The canals of Egypt be shallow and waste, Reed and rush, be withered;
Cross References
Job 14:11Waters, have failed from, the sea, and, a river, may waste and dry up;
Jeremiah 51:36Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Behold me! pleading thy cause, So then I will execute the avenging of thee; And will dry up her sea, And make dry her spring:
Zechariah 10:11Though he pass through a sea of affliction, yet shall he smite the sea, with its waves, and the roaring depths of the Nile, shall appear dry,—So shall be brought down the pride of Assyria, and, the sceptre of Egypt, shall depart;
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 →