Isaiah 19:15

New International Reader's Version

No one in Egypt can do anything to help them. Its elders and important leaders can’t help them. Its prophets and priests can’t do anything. Those who rule over others can’t help. And those who bow down to them can’t help either.

Cross References

Psalm 128:2

Your work will give you what you need. Blessings and good things will come to you.

Proverbs 14:23

All hard work pays off. But if all you do is talk, you will be poor.

Isaiah 9:13

But his people have not returned to the God who struck them down. They haven’t turned for help to the Lord who rules over all.

Habakkuk 3:17

The fig trees might not bud. The vines might not produce any grapes. The olive crop might fail. The fields might not produce any food. There might not be any sheep in the pens. There might not be any cattle in the barns.

Haggai 1:11

I ordered the rain not to fall on the fields and mountains. Then the ground did not produce any grain. There were not enough grapes to make fresh wine. The trees did not bear enough olives to make oil. People and cattle suffered. All your hard work failed.”