Isaiah 19:6

God's Word

The canals will stink. Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up. The reeds and cattails will wither.

Cross References

Genesis 41:2

Suddenly, seven nice-looking, well-fed cows came up from the river and began to graze among the reeds.

2 Kings 19:24

I’ll dig wells and drink foreign water. I’ll dry up all the streams of Egypt with the trampling of my feet.”

Job 8:11

“Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water?

Job 8:12

Even if they were fresh and not cut, they would wither quicker than grass.

Exodus 2:3

When she couldn’t hide him any longer, she took a basket made of papyrus plants and coated it with tar and pitch. She put the baby in it and set it among the papyrus plants near the bank of the Nile River.

Exodus 7:18

The fish in the Nile will die, and the river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink any water from the Nile.’ ”

Isaiah 15:6

The Nimrim Brook has run dry! The grass dries up, the vegetation withers, and nothing green is left.

Isaiah 18:2

It sends messengers by sea in boats made of reeds ⌞skimming⌟ over the surface of the water. Go, swift messengers, to a tall and smooth-skinned people, a people ⌞who are⌟ feared far and near, a strong and aggressive nation, whose land is divided by rivers.

Isaiah 37:25

I’ll dig wells and drink water. I’ll dry up all the streams of Egypt with the trampling of my feet.”

Nahum 3:8

Are you better than No-amon, which sits by the streams of the Nile with water surrounding her? The sea was ⌞her⌟ defense. The water was her wall.