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Isaiah 19:13

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

The royal officials in Zoan and in Memphis are foolish and deceived. The leaders in every state have given bad advice to the nation.

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The king's officials in Zoan are foolish themselves and give stupid advice. How can they say to him, “We are very wise, and our families go back to kings of long ago”?

Soldiers from the Egyptian towns of Memphis and Tahpanhes have cracked your skulls.

The LORD told me to speak with the Jews who were living in the towns of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis in northern Egypt, and also to those living in southern Egypt. He told me to tell them:

You will be led away captive, so pack a few things to bring with you. Your capital, Memphis, will lie empty and in ruins.

All the idols and images you Egyptians worship in the city of Memphis will be smashed. No one will be left to rule your nation, and terror will fill the land.

The city of Pathros will be left in ruins, and Zoan will be burnt to the ground. Thebes, your capital city, will also be destroyed!

I will set fire to your nation of Egypt! The city of Pelusium will be in anguish. Thebes will fall, and the people of Memphis will live in constant fear.

Even if you escape alive, you will end up in Egypt and be buried in Memphis. Your silver treasures will be lost among weeds; thorns will sprout in your tents.

From this flock will come leaders who will be strong like cornerstones and tent pegs and weapons of war.

“What I saw in my vision hasn't happened yet. But some day, a king of Israel will appear like a star. He will wipe out you Moabites and destroy those tribes who live in the desert.

They claim to be wise, but they are fools.

You are followers of the Lord, and that stone is precious to you. But it isn't precious to those who refuse to follow him. They are the builders who tossed aside the stone that turned out to be the most important one of all.

Saul called his army officers together and said, “We have to find out what sin has kept God from answering.




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