19An oracle concerning Egypt: See, the LORD rides on a swift cloud and is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt tremble before him, and the hearts of the Egyptians melt within them.H4853H4714H3068H7392H7031H5645H935H4714H457H4714H5128H6440H3824H4714H4549H71302"I will stir up Egyptian against Egyptian—brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.H5526H4714H4714H3898H376H251H376H7453H5892H5892H4467H44673The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will bring their plans to nothing; they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, the mediums and the spiritists.H7307H4714H1238H7130H1104H6098H1875H457H328H178H30494I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them," declares the Lord, the LORD Almighty.H853H4714H5534H3027H7186H113H5794H4428H4910H5002H113H3068H66355The waters of the river will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and dry.H4325H5405H3220H5104H2717H30016The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,H2186H5104H2186H2975H4693H1809H2717H7070H5488H70607also the plants along the Nile, at the mouth of the river. Every sown field along the Nile will become parched, will blow away and be no more.H6169H2975H6310H2975H4218H2975H3001H50868The fishermen will groan and lament, all who cast hooks into the Nile; those who throw nets on the water will pine away.H1771H578H7993H2443H2975H56H6566H4365H6440H4325H5359Those who work with combed flax will despair, the weavers of fine linen will lose hope.H5647H8305H6593H707H2355H95410The workers in cloth will be dejected, and all the wage earners will be sick at heart.H1792H8356H6213H7938H99H531511The officials of Zoan are nothing but fools; the wise counselors of Pharaoh give senseless advice. How can you say to Pharaoh, "I am one of the wise men, a disciple of the ancient kings"?H8269H6814H191H6098H2450H3289H6547H1197H559H6547H1121H2450H1121H6924H442812Where are your wise men now? Let them show you and make known what the LORD Almighty has planned against Egypt.H335H645H2450H5046H3045H3068H6635H3289H471413The officials of Zoan have become fools, the leaders of Memphis are deceived; the cornerstones of her peoples have led Egypt astray.H8269H6814H2973H8269H5297H5377H8582H4714H6438H762614The LORD has poured into them a spirit of dizziness; they make Egypt stagger in all that she does, as a drunkard staggers around in his vomit.H3068H4537H5773H7307H7130H4714H8582H4639H7910H8582H689215There is nothing Egypt can do—head or tail, palm branch or reed.H4639H4714H7218H2180H3712H100H621316In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will shudder with fear at the uplifted hand that the LORD Almighty raises against them.H3117H4714H802H2729H6342H6440H8573H3027H3068H6635H513017And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the LORD Almighty is planning against them.H127H3063H2283H4714H2142H6342H6440H6098H3068H6635H328918In that day five cities in Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD Almighty. One of them will be called the City of Destruction.H3117H2568H5892H776H4714H1696H8193H3667H7650H3068H6635H259H559H5892H204119In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the heart of Egypt, and a monument to the LORD at its border.H3117H4196H3068H8432H776H4714H4676H681H1366H306820It will be a sign and witness to the LORD Almighty in the land of Egypt. When they cry out to the LORD because of their oppressors, he will send them a savior and defender, and he will rescue them.H226H5707H3068H6635H776H4714H6817H3068H6440H3905H7971H3467H7227H533721So the LORD will make himself known to the Egyptians, and in that day they will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and grain offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and keep them.H3068H3045H4714H4714H3045H3068H3117H5647H2077H4503H5087H5088H3068H799922The LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; he will strike them and heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and he will respond to their pleas and heal them.H3068H5062H4714H5062H7495H7725H3068H6279H749523In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.H3117H4546H4714H804H804H935H4714H4714H804H4714H5647H80424In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth.H3117H3478H7992H4714H804H1293H7130H77625The LORD Almighty will bless them, saying, "Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance."H3068H6635H1288H559H1288H4714H5971H804H4639H3027H3478H5159