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I will hand the Egyptians over
    to the power of a cruel master,
        and a fierce king will rule over them,”

declares the Lord God of the Heavenly Armies.

A Rebuke to Egypt’s Ecology and Industry

“The water sources[a] of the Nile[b] will be dried up,
    and the river[c] will become dry and parched.
The canals will stink,
    and[d] the tributaries of Egypt will dwindle and dry up.
        Reeds and rushes will wither away.[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Isaiah 19:5 1QIsaa MT lack sources
  2. Isaiah 19:5 Or the sea
  3. Isaiah 19:5 I.e. the Nile
  4. Isaiah 19:6 So 1QIsaa LXX; the Heb. lacks and
  5. Isaiah 19:6 So 4QIsab MT; 1QIsaa lacks this line