‘Now, you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.’
Isaiah 19:14 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Lord has mixed within her a spirit of confusion. The leaders have made Egypt stagger in all she does, as a drunkard staggers in his vomit. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof: and they have caused Egypt to err in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord has mingled a spirit of perverseness, error, and confusion within her; [her leaders] have caused Egypt to stagger in all her doings, as a drunken man staggers in his vomit. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah hath mingled a spirit of perverseness in the midst of her; and they have caused Egypt to go astray in every work thereof, as a drunken man staggereth in his vomit. Common English Bible The LORD has poured into them a spirit of confusion. They will make Egypt stumble in everything it does, just as a drunk stumbles in his vomit. Catholic Public Domain Version The Lord has mixed a spirit of giddiness into its midst. And they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, like a drunken man who staggers and vomits. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version The Lord hath mingled in the midst thereof the spirit of giddiness: and they have caused Egypt to err in all its works, as a drunken man staggereth and vomiteth. |
‘Now, you see, the Lord has put a lying spirit into the mouth of these prophets of yours, and the Lord has pronounced disaster against you.’
True wisdom and power belong to him. The deceived and the deceiver are his.
They grope around in darkness without light; he makes them stagger like a drunkard.
I will provoke Egyptians against Egyptians; each will fight against his brother and each against his friend, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
The earth staggers like a drunkard and sways like a hut. Earth’s rebellion weighs it down, and it falls, never to rise again.
Therefore, I will again confound these people with wonder after wonder. The wisdom of their wise will vanish, and the perception of their perceptive will be hidden.
Youths oppress my people, and women rule over them. My people, your leaders mislead you; they confuse the direction of your paths.
The leaders of the people mislead them, and those they mislead are swallowed up.
‘Then you are to say to them, “This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: Drink, get drunk, and vomit. Fall down and never get up again, as a result of the sword I am sending among you.”
‘Make him drunk, because he has exalted himself against the Lord. Moab will wallow in his own vomit, and he will also become a laughing-stock.
Jesus replied, ‘You unbelieving and perverse generation, how long will I be with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring him here to me.’
For this reason God sends them a strong delusion so that they will believe the lie,
God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the citizens of Shechem. They treated Abimelech deceitfully,