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Isaiah 19:2-10

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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.

3“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;

And I will confuse their strategy,

So that they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead,

And to mediums and spiritists.

4“Furthermore, I will hand the Egyptians over to a cruel master,

And a mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord God of armies.

5The waters from the sea will dry up,

And the river will be parched and dry.

6The canals will emit a stench,

The streams of Egypt will thin out and dry up;

The reeds and rushes will rot away.

7The bulrushes by the Nile, by the edge of the Nile

And all the sown fields by the Nile

Will become dry, be driven away, and be no more.

8And the fishermen will grieve,

And all those who cast a line into the Nile will mourn,

And those who spread nets on the waters will dwindle away.

9Moreover, the manufacturers of linen made from combed flax

And the weavers of white cloth will be utterly dejected.

10And the pillars of Egypt will be crushed;

All the hired laborers will be grieved in soul.