Isaiah 19:6

Isaiah 19:6 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
• New International Version (NIV)The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will dwindle and dry up. The reeds and rushes will wither,
• English Standard Version (ESV)and its canals will become foul, and the branches of Egypt's Nile will diminish and dry up, reeds and rushes will rot away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The rivers will turn foul; The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up; The reeds and rushes will wither.

Context of Isaiah 19:6

4I will hand over Egypt to harsh masters, and a strong king will rule it. This is the declaration of the Lord God of Armies. 5The water of the sea will dry up, and the river will be parched and dry. The channels will stink; they will dwindle, and Egypt’s canals will be parched. Reed and rush will wilt. 7The reeds by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the cultivated areas of the Nile will wither, blow away, and vanish. 8Then the fishermen will mourn. All those who cast hooks into the Nile will lament, and those who spread nets on the water will give up.

Isaiah 19:6 word by word

וְהֶאֶזְנִ֣יחוּ נְהָר֔וֹת דָּלֲל֥וּ וְחָרְב֖וּ יְאֹרֵ֣י מָצ֑וֹר קָנֶ֥ה וָס֖וּף קָמֵֽלוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And they shall turnזָנַחzânach · to rejectH2186
• the riversנָהָרnâhâr · riverH5104
• the brooksיְאֹרye'ôr · NileH2975
• of defenceמָצוֹרmâtsôr · EgyptH4693
• shall be emptiedדָּלַלdâlal · to languishH1809
• and dried upחָרֵבchârab chârêb · to dryH2717
• the reedsקָנֶהqâneh · branch: stemH7070
• and flagsסוּףsûph · reedH5488
• shall witherקָמֵלqâmal · to decayH7060

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:6

• Isaiah 37:25I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.”
• 2 Kings 19:24I dug wells and drank water in foreign lands. I dried up all the streams of Egypt with the soles of my feet.’
• Isaiah 18:2which sends envoys by sea, in reed vessels over the water. Go, swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth-skinned, to a people feared far and near, a powerful nation with a strange language, whose land is divided by rivers.
• Exodus 2:3But when she could no longer hide him, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with asphalt and pitch. She placed the child in it and set it among the reeds by the bank of the Nile.
• Job 8:11Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Shall turn the rivers far away "Shall become putrid" - האזניחו heeznichu . This sense of the word, which Simonis gives in his Lexicon, from the meaning of it in Arabic, suits the place much better than any other interpretation hitherto given; and that the word in Hebrew had some such signification, is probable from 2 Chronicles 29:19, where the Vulgate renders it by polluit, polluted, and the Targum, by profaned, and made abominable, which the context in…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6And they shall turn the rivers far away - (האזיּחוּ he'ezenı̂ychû ), probably from זנח zânach “to have an offensive smell; to be rancid, or putrid.” The word in this form occurs nowhere else. It is in the Hiphil conjugation, and is probably a form made from a mixture with the Chaldee. The sense is not doubtful. It means the rivers shall become putrid - or have an offensive smell;‘ that is, shall become stagnant, and send forth unwholesome “miasmata”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-10Egypt relied heavily on the Nile for food, fish, and industry. When the Lord struck the Nile, Egypt would face severe difficulties, and its gods would not be able to help.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. they shall turn the rivers--rather, "the streams shall become putrid"; that is, the artificial streams made for irrigation shall become stagnant and offensive when the waters fail [Maurer]. Horsley, with the Septuagint, translates, "And waters from the sea shall be drunk"; by the failure of the river water they shall be reduced to sea water. brooks of defence--rather, "canals of Egypt"; "canals," literally, "Niles," Nile canals, the plural of the…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:6

• Egypt
• Flag
• Flax
• Nile
• Reed
• War

In the dictionaries

• Cane
• Egypt
• Flag
• Reed
• Brook of Egypt, the
• Canals
• Empty; Emptier
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Far; Farther

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