Isaiah 19:14

Isaiah 19:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit.
• New International Version (NIV)The 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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord has mingled within her a spirit of confusion, and they will make Egypt stagger in all its deeds, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.

Context of Isaiah 19:14

12Where then are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the Lord of hosts Has purposed against Egypt [if they can]. 13The princes of Zoan have acted like fools, The princes of Memphis are deluded [and entertain false hope]; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray. The Lord has mixed a spirit of distortion within her; Her leaders have caused Egypt to stagger in all that she does, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit. 15There will be no work for Egypt Which head or tail, [high] palm branch or [low] bulrush, may do. 16In that day the Egyptians will become like [helpless] women, and they will tremble and be frightened because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which He is going to wave over them.

Isaiah 19:14 word by word

יְהוָ֛ה מָסַ֥ךְ בְּקִרְבָּ֖הּ ר֣וּחַ עִוְעִ֑ים וְהִתְע֤וּ אֶת־מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ בְּכָֽל־מַעֲשֵׂ֔הוּ כְּהִתָּע֥וֹת שִׁכּ֖וֹר בְּקִיאֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath mingledמָסַךְmâsak · to mixH4537
• a perverseעִוְעִים‛av‛eh · distortionH5773
• spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• in the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• thereof: and they have caused Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• to errתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• in every workמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• thereof, as a drunkenשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
• in his vomitקִיאqê' qîy' · vomitH6892

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:14

• Isaiah 19:2“So I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will fight, each one against his brother and each one against his neighbor, City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep. He has closed your eyes, [you who are] the prophets; And He has covered your heads, [you who are] the seers.
• Isaiah 47:10For you [Babylon] have trusted and felt confident in your wickedness; you have said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and your knowledge have led you astray, And you have said in your heart (mind), ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
• 1 Kings 22:20The Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one said this, while another said that.
• Job 12:16With Him are might and sound wisdom, The misled and the misleader are His [and in His power].
• Ezekiel 14:7For anyone of the house of Israel or among the strangers who immigrate to Israel who separates himself from Me, taking his idols into his heart, and puts right before his face the [vile] stumbling block of his wickedness and guilt, and [then] comes to the prophet to ask of Me for himself, I the Lord will answer him Myself.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11Because of this God will send upon them a misleading influence, [an activity of error and deception] so they will believe the lie,
• Isaiah 28:7But even these reel with wine and stagger from strong drink: The priest and the prophet reel with strong drink; They are confused by wine, they stagger from strong drink; They reel while seeing visions, They stagger when pronouncing judgment.
• Isaiah 29:9Stop and take some time and wonder [at this prophecy], Blind yourselves and be blinded [at its fulfillment by your spiritual incompetence]. They are drunk, but not from wine; They stagger, but not from strong drink.
• Job 12:25They grope in darkness without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.”
• Jeremiah 25:15For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to me, “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and cause all the nations to whom I send you to drink it.
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant and magnified himself against the Lord [by denying Reuben’s occupation of the land the Lord had assigned him]. Moab also will wallow in his vomit, and he too shall become a laughingstock.

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14In the midst thereof - בקרבם bekirbam ; so the Septuagint, and perhaps more correctly." - Secker. So likewise the Chaldee.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14The Lord hath mingled - The word מסך mâsak “to mingle,” is used commonly to denote the act of mixing spices with wine to make it more intoxicating Proverbs 9:2, Proverbs 9:5; Isaiah 5:22. Here it means that Yahweh has poured out into the midst of them a spirit of giddiness; that is, has produced consternation among them. National commotions and calamities are often thus traced to the overruling providence of God (see the note at Isaiah 19:2; compare…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-15The prophet mocked the leaders and wise men of Egypt, who could not prevent the disaster.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. err in every work thereof--referring to the anarchy arising from their internal feuds. Horsley translates, "with respect to all His (God's) work"; they misinterpreted God's dealings at every step. "Mingled" contains the same image as "drunken"; as one mixes spices with wine to make it intoxicating (Is 5:22; Pr 9:2, 5), so Jehovah has poured among them a spirit of giddiness, so that they are as helpless as a "drunken man."Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:14

• Drunkenness
• War

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Drunkenness
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings