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Isaiah 19:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

When the LORD All-Powerful punishes Egypt with his mighty arm, the Egyptians will become terribly weak and will tremble with fear.

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They trembled all over like women giving birth

Everywhere in Egypt there will be loud crying. Nothing like this has ever happened before or will ever happen again.

Today the enemy will camp at Nob and shake a threatening fist at Mount Zion in Jerusalem.

The Lord will dry up the arm of the Red Sea near Egypt, and he will send a scorching wind to divide the River Euphrates into seven streams that anyone can step across.

From high on a barren hill give a signal, shout the orders, and point the way to enter the gates of Babylon's proud rulers.

As few as five of them, or even one, will be enough to chase a thousand of you. Finally, all that will be left will be a few survivors as lonely as a flag pole on a barren hill.

Then your chariot horses and the foreigners in your army will refuse to go into battle, and the enemy will carry away everything you treasure.

The Babylonian soldiers have lost their strength and courage. They stay in their fortresses, unable to fight, while the enemy breaks through the city gates, then sets their homes on fire.

Warriors from the city of Teman will be terrified, and you descendants of Esau will be wiped out.

Your army is weak. Fire has destroyed the crossbars on your city gates; now they stand wide open to your enemy.

My people will go through an ocean of troubles, but I will overcome the waves and dry up the deepest part of the Nile. Assyria's great pride will be put down, and the power of Egypt will disappear.

Everyone, be silent! The LORD is present and moving about in his holy place.

And so, he will put you in the power of your slaves, and they will raid and rob you. Then you will know that I am a prophet of the LORD All-Powerful.

At first, I was weak and trembling with fear.

We know what it means to respect the Lord, and we encourage everyone to turn to him. God himself knows what we are like, and I hope you also know what kind of people we are.

It is a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God!




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