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

12But where, oh where, are your wise men? Let them tell you, let them find out what the Lord who commands armies has planned for Egypt. 13The officials of Zoan are fools, the officials of Memphis are misled; the rulers of her tribes lead Egypt astray. The Lord has made them undiscerning; they lead Egypt astray in all she does, so that she is like a drunk sliding around in his own vomit. 15Egypt will not be able to do a thing, head or tail, shoots and stalk. 16At that time the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble and fear because the Lord who commands armies brandishes his fist against 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“I will provoke civil strife in Egypt, brothers will fight with each other, as will neighbors, cities, and kingdoms.
• Isaiah 29:10For the Lord has poured out on you a strong urge to sleep deeply. He has shut your eyes (the prophets), and covered your heads (the seers).
• Isaiah 47:10You were complacent in your evil deeds; you thought, ‘No one sees me.’ Your self-professed wisdom and knowledge lead you astray, when you say, ‘I am unique! No one can compare to me!’
• 1 Kings 22:20The Lord said, ‘Who will deceive Ahab, so he will attack Ramoth Gilead and die there?’ One said this and another that.
• Job 12:16With him are strength and prudence; both the one who goes astray and the one who misleads are his.
• Ezekiel 14:7For when anyone from the house of Israel, or the foreigner who lives in Israel, separates himself from me and erects his idols in his heart and sets the obstacle leading to his iniquity before his face, and then consults a prophet to seek something from me, I the Lord am determined to answer him personally.
• 2 Thessalonians 2:11Consequently God sends on them a deluding influence so that they will believe what is false.
• Isaiah 28:7Even these men stagger because of wine, they stumble around because of beer – priests and prophets stagger because of beer, they are confused because of wine, they stumble around because of beer; they stagger while seeing prophetic visions, they totter while making legal decisions.
• Isaiah 29:9You will be shocked and amazed! You are totally blind! They are drunk, but not because of wine; they stagger, but not because of beer.
• Job 12:25They grope about in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like drunkards.
• Jeremiah 25:15So the Lord, the God of Israel, spoke to me in a vision. “Take this cup from my hand. It is filled with the wine of my wrath. Take it and make the nations to whom I send you drink it.
• Jeremiah 48:26“Moab has vaunted itself against me. So make him drunk with the wine of my wrath until he splashes around in his own vomit, until others treat him as 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
• 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