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

12Well then, where are your wise men? Please let them tell you, And let them understand what the Lord of armies Has planned against Egypt. 13The officials of Zoan have turned out to be fools, The officials of Memphis are deluded; Those who are the cornerstone of her tribes Have led Egypt astray. The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of distortion; They have led Egypt astray in all that it does, As a drunken person staggers in his vomit. 15There will be no work for Egypt Which its head or tail, its palm branch or bulrush, may do. 16On that day the Egyptians will become like women, and they will tremble and be in great fear because of the waving of the hand of the Lord of armies, 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

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has mixedמָסַךְmâsak · to mixH4537
• withinקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• her a spiritרוּחַrûach · spiritH7307
• distortionעִוְעִים‛av‛eh · distortionH5773
• They have ledתָּעָהtâ‛âh · to go astrayH8582
• Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• in allכֹּלkôl kôl · allH3605
• that it doesמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deedH4639
• drunkenשִׁכֹּרshikkôr shikkôr · drunkenH7910

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:14

• Isaiah 19:2“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians; And they will fight, each against his brother and each against his neighbor, City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
• Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured over you a spirit of deep sleep, He has shut your eyes--the prophets; And He has covered your heads--the seers.
• Isaiah 47:10You felt secure in your wickedness and said, ‘No one sees me,’ Your wisdom and your knowledge, they have led you astray; For you have said in your heart, ‘I am, and there is no one besides me.’
• 1 Kings 22:20And the Lord said, ‘Who will entice Ahab to go up and fall at Ramoth-gilead?’ And one spirit said this, while another said that.
• Job 12:16Strength and sound wisdom are with Him. One who goes astray and one who leads astray belong to Him.
• Ezekiel 14:7For anyone of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who reside in Israel, who deserts Me, sets up his idols in his heart, puts in front of his face the stumbling block of his wrongdoing, and then comes to the prophet to request something of Me for himself, I the Lord will let Myself answer him Myself.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11For this reason God will send upon them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false,
• Isaiah 28:7And these also reel with wine and stagger from intoxicating drink: The priest and the prophet reel with intoxicating drink, They are confused by wine, they stagger from intoxicating drink; They reel while having visions, They stagger when rendering a verdict.
• Isaiah 29:9Be delayed and horrified, Blind yourselves and be blind; They become drunk, but not with wine, They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
• Job 12:25They grope in darkness with no light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken person.
• Jeremiah 25:15For this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to me: “Take this cup of the wine of wrath from My hand and give it to all the nations to whom I send you, to drink from it.
• Jeremiah 48:26“Make him drunk, for he has become arrogant toward the Lord; so Moab will vomit, and he also will 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
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In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• 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