Isaiah 19:1
This is the burden against Egypt:
What it says
The LORD comes swiftly against Egypt so that its idols tremble and its people melt in fear.
What it is doing
This verse opens the chapter with divine visitation against Egypt.
In context
1This is the burden against Egypt: 2“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; 3Then the spirit of the Egyptians will be emptied out from among them, 4I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of a harsh master, 5The waters of the Nile will dry up, 6The canals will stink; 7The bulrushes by the Nile, 8Then the fishermen will mourn, 9The workers in flax will be dismayed, 10The workers in cloth will be dejected, 11The princes of Zoan are mere fools; 12Where are your wise men now? 13The princes of Zoan have become fools; 14The LORD has poured into her 15There is nothing Egypt can do —