“So I will incite Egyptians against Egyptians;
And they will (A)each fight against his brother and each against his neighbor,
City against city and kingdom against kingdom.
“Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be demoralized within them;
And I will confound their strategy,
So that (B)they will resort to idols and ghosts of the dead
And to [a]mediums and spiritists.
“Moreover, I will deliver the Egyptians into the hand of a (C)cruel master,
And a [b]mighty king will rule over them,” declares the Lord [c]God of hosts.

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:3 Or ghosts and spirits
  2. Isaiah 19:4 Or fierce
  3. Isaiah 19:4 Heb YHWH, usually rendered Lord