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 are your wise men now? Let them tell you and reveal what the LORD of Hosts has planned against Egypt. 13The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray. The LORD has poured into her a spirit of confusion. Egypt has been led astray in all she does, as a drunkard staggers through his own vomit. 15There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed. 16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.

Isaiah 19:14 word by word

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

• The LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has pouredמָסַךְmâsak · to mixH4537
• into herקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• a spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• of confusionעִוְעִים‛av‛eh · distortionH5773
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• has been led astrayתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• she doesמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• as a drunkardשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910
• his own vomitקִיאqê' qîy' · vomitH6892

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:14

• Isaiah 19:2“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.
• Isaiah 29:10For the LORD has poured out on you a spirit of deep sleep. He has shut your eyes, O prophets; He has covered your heads, O seers.
• Isaiah 47:10You were secure in your wickedness; you said, ‘No one sees me.’ Your wisdom and knowledge led you astray; you told yourself, ‘I am, and there is none besides me.’
• 1 Kings 22:20And the LORD said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to march up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one suggested this, and another that.
• Job 12:16True wisdom and power belong to Him. The deceived and the deceiver are His.
• Ezekiel 14:7For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the LORD will answer him Myself.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God will send them a powerful delusion so that they believe the lie,
• Isaiah 28:7These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
• Isaiah 29:9Stop and be astonished; blind yourselves and be sightless; be drunk, but not with wine; stagger, but not from strong drink.
• Job 12:25They grope in the darkness without light; He makes them stagger like drunkards.
• Jeremiah 25:15This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, said to me: “Take from My hand this cup of the wine of wrath, and make all the nations to whom I send you drink from it.
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, because he has magnified himself against the LORD; so Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also 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

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