Isaiah 19:2-16

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.

3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will become exhausted within them and emptied out; And I will confuse their strategy, So that they will consult the idols and the spirits of the dead, And mediums and soothsayers.

4And I will hand over the Egyptians to a hard and cruel master, And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord God of hosts.

5The waters from the sea will dry up, And the river will be parched and dry.

6The canals will become foul-smelling, The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up, The reeds and the rushes will rot away.

7The meadows by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile, And all the sown fields of the Nile Will become dry, be blown away, and be no more.

8The fishermen will lament (cry out in grief), And all those who cast a hook into the Nile will mourn, And those who spread nets upon the waters will languish.

9Moreover, those who make linen from combed flax And those who weave white cloth will be ashamed.

10[Those who are] the pillars and foundations of Egypt will be crushed; And all those who work for wages will be grieved in soul.

11The princes of Zoan are complete fools; The counsel of the Pharaoh’s wisest advisors has become stupid. How can you say to Pharaoh, “I am a son of the wise, a son of ancient kings?”

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.

14The 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.