Isaiah 19:3
Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, and I will frustrate their plans, so that they will resort to idols and spirits of the dead, to mediums and spiritists.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Note fail: Heb. be emptied
Note destroy: Heb. swallow up
The spirit of the Egyptians will fail within them. I will destroy their counsel. They will seek the idols, the charmers, those who have familiar spirits, and the wizards.
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek unto the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the spirit
- This is a prophecy of what took place in Egypt about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being able to settle about the succession, they continued for two years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last, by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for fifty-four years.
- Isaiah 19:1, 11–13; Isaiah 57:16; 1 Samuel 25:37; Psalm 76:12; Jeremiah 46:15; Ezekiel 21:7; Ezekiel 22:14
- fail
- Heb. be emptied. and I.
- Isaiah 14:27; 2 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 17:14, 23; 2 Chronicles 25:16–20; Job 5:12, 13; Proverbs 21:30; 1 Corinthians 3:19, 20
- destroy
- Heb. swallow up.
- Psalm 107:27
- and they
- Isaiah 8:19; Isaiah 15:2; Isaiah 44:25; Isaiah 47:12; 1 Chronicles 10:13; Daniel 2:2; Daniel 4:6, 7; Daniel 5:7