THE BIBLE - Verse by Verse (Isaiah Chapter 1 to 35)

[Cosia]

Isaiah 18:2 (NLT)
that sends ambassadors
in swift boats down the river
Go! Swift messengers!
Take a message to a tall, smooth-skinned people,
who are feared far and wide,
for their conquests and destruction,
and whose land is divided by rivers.

 

[crossnote]

Isaiah 18:3 NASB95
All you inhabitants of the world and dwellers on earth, As soon as a standard is raised on the mountains, you will see it, And as soon as the trumpet is blown, you will hear it.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 18:4 (NLT)

4 For the LORD has told me this: “I will watch quietly from my dwelling place—as quietly as the heat rises on a summer day, or as the morning dew forms during the harvest.”

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 18:5 (NLT)

5 Even before you begin your attack, while your plans are ripening like grapes, the LORD will cut off your new growth with pruning shears. He will snip off and discard your spreading branches.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 18:6 (NLT)

6 Your mighty army will be left dead in the fields for the mountain vultures and wild animals. The vultures will tear at the corpses all summer. The wild animals will gnaw at the bones all winter.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 18:7 (NLT)

7 At that time the Lord of Heaven’s Armies will receive gifts from this land divided by rivers, from this tall, smooth-skinned people, who are feared far and wide for their conquests and destruction. They will bring the gifts to Jerusalem, where the LORD of Heaven’s Armies dwells.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:1 (NLT) - 1 This message came to me concerning Egypt: Look! The LORD is advancing against Egypt, riding on a swift cloud. The idols of Egypt tremble. The hearts of the Egyptians melt with fear.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:2 (NLT) - 2 “I will make Egyptian fight against Egyptian—brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, province against province.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:3 (NLT) - 3 The Egyptians will lose heart, and I will confuse their plans. They will plead with their idols for wisdom and call on spirits, mediums, and those who consult the spirits of the dead.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 19:4 (NLT)
I will hand Egypt over
To a hard, cruel master.
A fierce King will rule them,"
Says the LORD, the LORD of Heaven's Armies.

 

[Cosia]

Isaiah 19:5 (NLT)
The waters of the Nile will fail to rise and flood the fields.
The river bed will be parched and dry.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 19:6 (NLT)

6 The canals of the Nile will dry up, and the streams of Egypt will stink with rotting reeds and rushes.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 19:7 (NLT

7 All the greenery along the riverbank and all the crops along the river will dry up and blow away.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 19:8 (NLT)

8 The fishermen will lament for lack of work. Those who cast hooks into the Nile will groan, and those who use nets will lose heart.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:8 (NLT) - 9 There will be no flax for the harvesters, no thread for the weavers.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:10 (NLT) - 10 They will be in despair, and all the workers will be sick at heart.

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:11 (NLT) - 11 What fools are the officials of Zoan! Their best counsel to the king of Egypt is stupid and wrong. Will they still boast to Pharaoh of their wisdom? Will they dare brag about all their wise ancestors?

 

[Pastor Gary]

Isaiah 19:12 (NLT) - 12 Where are your wise counselors, Pharaoh? Let them tell you what God plans, what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies is going to do to Egypt.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 19:13 (NLT)

13 The officials of Zoan are fools, and the officials of Memphis are deluded. The leaders of the people have led Egypt astray.

 

[PaducahLuke]

Isaiah 19:14 (NLT)

14 The LORD has sent a spirit of foolishness on them, so all their suggestions are wrong. They cause Egypt to stagger like a drunk in his vomit.