Isaiah 19:6

New International Reader's Version

Its canals will stink. And the streams of Egypt will get smaller and smaller until they dry up. The tall grass that grows along the river will dry up.

Cross References

Genesis 41:2

Seven cows came up out of the river. They looked healthy and fat. They were eating some of the tall grass growing along the river.

2 Kings 19:24

I’ve dug wells in strange lands. I’ve drunk the water from them. I’ve walked through all of Egypt’s streams. I’ve dried up every one of them.”

Job 8:11

Can grass grow tall where there isn’t any swamp? Can plants grow well where there isn’t any water?

Job 8:12

While they are still growing and haven’t been cut, they dry up faster than grass does.

Exodus 2:3

After that, she couldn’t hide him any longer. So she got a basket made out of the stems of tall grass. She coated the basket with tar. She placed the child in the basket. Then she put it in the tall grass that grew along the bank of the Nile River.

Exodus 7:18

The fish in the river will die. The river will stink. The Egyptians will not be able to drink its water.” ’ ”

Isaiah 15:6

The waters at Nimrim are dried up. And so is the grass. The plants have died. Nothing green is left.

Isaiah 18:2

Its people send messengers on the Nile River. They travel over the water in papyrus boats. Messengers, hurry back home! Go back to your people, who are tall and have smooth skin. Everyone is afraid of them. They are warriors whose language is different from ours. Their land is divided up by rivers.

Isaiah 37:25

I’ve dug wells in other lands. I’ve drunk the water from them. I’ve walked through all the streams of Egypt. I’ve dried up every one of them.’

Nahum 3:8

Nineveh, are you better than Thebes on the Nile River? There was water all around that city. The river helped to keep it safe. The waters were like a wall around it.