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Isaiah 19

Isa. 19:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And the spirit
ruwach (Hebrew #7307)
wind; by resemblance breath, i.e. a sensible (or even violent) exhalation; figuratively, life, anger, unsubstantiality; by extension, a region of the sky; by resemblance spirit, but only of a rational being (including its expression and functions)
KJV usage: air, anger, blast, breath, X cool, courage, mind, X quarter, X side, spirit((-ual)), tempest, X vain, ((whirl-))wind(-y).
Pronounce: roo'-akh
Origin: from 7306
of Egypt
Mitsrayim (Hebrew #4714)
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
KJV usage: Egypt, Egyptians, Mizraim.
Pronounce: mits-rah'-yim
Origin: dual of 4693
shall πfail
baqaq (Hebrew #1238)
to pour out, i.e. to empty, figuratively, to depopulate; by analogy, to spread out (as a fruitful vine)
KJV usage: (make) empty (out), fail, X utterly, make void.
Pronounce: baw-kah'
Origin: a primitive root
o in the midst
qereb (Hebrew #7130)
properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
KJV usage: X among, X before, bowels, X unto charge, + eat (up), X heart, X him, X in, inward (X -ly, part, -s, thought), midst, + out of, purtenance, X therein, X through, X within self.
Pronounce: keh'-reb
Origin: from 7126
thereof; and I will ρdestroy
bala` (Hebrew #1104)
to make away with (specifically by swallowing); generally, to destroy
KJV usage: cover, destroy, devour, eat up, be at end, spend up, swallow down (up).
Pronounce: baw-lah'
Origin: a primitive root
the counsel
`etsah (Hebrew #6098)
advice; by implication, plan; also prudence
KJV usage: advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
Pronounce: ay-tsaw'
Origin: from 3289
thereof: and they shall seek
darash (Hebrew #1875)
properly, to tread or frequent; usually to follow (for pursuit or search); by implication, to seek or ask; specifically to worship
KJV usage: ask, X at all, care for, X diligently, inquire, make inquisition, (necro-)mancer, question, require, search, seek (for, out), X surely.
Pronounce: daw-rash'
Origin: a primitive root
p to the idols
'eliyl (Hebrew #457)
good for nothing, by anal. vain or vanity; specifically an idol
KJV usage: idol, no value, thing of nought.
Pronounce: el-eel'
Origin: apparently from 408
, and to the charmers
'at (Hebrew #328)
(as a noun) a necromancer (from their soft incantations), (as an adverb) gently
KJV usage: charmer, gently, secret, softly.
Pronounce: at
Origin: from an unused root perhaps meaning to move softly
, and to them that have familiar spirits
'owb (Hebrew #178)
properly, a mumble, i.e. a water skin (from its hollow sound); hence a necromancer (ventriloquist, as from a jar)
KJV usage: bottle, familiar spirit.
Pronounce: obe
Origin: from the same as 1 (apparently through the idea of prattling a father's name)
, and to the wizards
yidd`oniy (Hebrew #3049)
properly, a knowing one; specifically, a conjurer; (by impl) a ghost
KJV usage: wizard.
Pronounce: yid-deh-o-nee'
Origin: from 3045
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Ezek. 22:14• 14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it. (Ezek. 22:14)
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be emptied.
ρ
swallow up.
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Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 47:12• 12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. (Isa. 47:12)

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Cross References

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the spirit.This is a prophecy of what took place in Egypt about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being able to settle about the succession, they continued for two years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last, by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for fifty-four years.
Isa. 19:1,11‑13• 1The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it.
 11Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?
 12Where are they? where are thy wise men? and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt.
 13The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof. (Isa. 19:1,11‑13)
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Isa. 57:16• 16For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made. (Isa. 57:16)
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1 Sam. 25:37• 37But it came to pass in the morning, when the wine was gone out of Nabal, and his wife had told him these things, that his heart died within him, and he became as a stone. (1 Sam. 25:37)
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Psa. 76:12• 12He shall cut off the spirit of princes: he is terrible to the kings of the earth. (Psa. 76:12)
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Jer. 46:15• 15Why are thy valiant men swept away? they stood not, because the Lord did drive them. (Jer. 46:15)
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Ezek. 21:7• 7And it shall be, when they say unto thee, Wherefore sighest thou? that thou shalt answer, For the tidings; because it cometh: and every heart shall melt, and all hands shall be feeble, and every spirit shall faint, and all knees shall be weak as water: behold, it cometh, and shall be brought to pass, saith the Lord God. (Ezek. 21:7)
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Ezek. 22:14• 14Can thine heart endure, or can thine hands be strong, in the days that I shall deal with thee? I the Lord have spoken it, and will do it. (Ezek. 22:14)
fail.
Heb. be emptied.
and I.
Isa. 14:27• 27For the Lord of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back? (Isa. 14:27)
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2 Sam. 15:31• 31And one told David, saying, Ahithophel is among the conspirators with Absalom. And David said, O Lord, I pray thee, turn the counsel of Ahithophel into foolishness. (2 Sam. 15:31)
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2 Sam. 17:14,23• 14And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, The counsel of Hushai the Archite is better than the counsel of Ahithophel. For the Lord had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahithophel, to the intent that the Lord might bring evil upon Absalom.
 23And when Ahithophel saw that his counsel was not followed, he saddled his ass, and arose, and gat him home to his house, to his city, and put his household in order, and hanged himself, and died, and was buried in the sepulchre of his father. (2 Sam. 17:14,23)
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2 Chron. 25:16‑20• 16And it came to pass, as he talked with him, that the king said unto him, Art thou made of the king's counsel? forbear; why shouldest thou be smitten? Then the prophet forbare, and said, I know that God hath determined to destroy thee, because thou hast done this, and hast not hearkened unto my counsel.
 17Then Amaziah king of Judah took advice, and sent to Joash, the son of Jehoahaz, the son of Jehu, king of Israel, saying, Come, let us see one another in the face.
 18And Joash king of Israel sent to Amaziah king of Judah, saying, The thistle that was in Lebanon sent to the cedar that was in Lebanon, saying, Give thy daughter to my son to wife: and there passed by a wild beast that was in Lebanon, and trode down the thistle.
 19Thou sayest, Lo, thou hast smitten the Edomites; and thine heart lifteth thee up to boast: abide now at home; why shouldest thou meddle to thine hurt, that thou shouldest fall, even thou, and Judah with thee?
 20But Amaziah would not hear; for it came of God, that he might deliver them into the hand of their enemies, because they sought after the gods of Edom. (2 Chron. 25:16‑20)
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Job 5:12‑13• 12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
 13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong. (Job 5:12‑13)
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Prov. 21:30• 30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the Lord. (Prov. 21:30)
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1 Cor. 3:19‑20• 19For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
 20And again, The Lord knoweth the thoughts of the wise, that they are vain. (1 Cor. 3:19‑20)
destroy.
Heb. swallow up.
Psa. 107:27• 27They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, and are at their wits' end. (Psa. 107:27)
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Psa. 107•  (Psa. 107)
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and they.
Isa. 8:19• 19And when they shall say unto you, Seek unto them that have familiar spirits, and unto wizards that peep, and that mutter: should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead? (Isa. 8:19)
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Isa. 15:2• 2He is gone up to Bajith, and to Dibon, the high places, to weep: Moab shall howl over Nebo, and over Medeba: on all their heads shall be baldness, and every beard cut off. (Isa. 15:2)
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Isa. 44:25• 25That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish; (Isa. 44:25)
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Isa. 47:12• 12Stand now with thine enchantments, and with the multitude of thy sorceries, wherein thou hast labored from thy youth; if so be thou shalt be able to profit, if so be thou mayest prevail. (Isa. 47:12)
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1 Chron. 10:13• 13So Saul died for his transgression which he committed against the Lord, even against the word of the Lord, which he kept not, and also for asking counsel of one that had a familiar spirit, to inquire of it; (1 Chron. 10:13)
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Dan. 2:2• 2Then the king commanded to call the magicians, and the astrologers, and the sorcerers, and the Chaldeans, for to show the king his dreams. So they came and stood before the king. (Dan. 2:2)
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Dan. 4:6‑7• 6Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
 7Then came in the magicians, the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers: and I told the dream before them; but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof. (Dan. 4:6‑7)
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Dan. 5:7• 7The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall read this writing, and show me the interpretation thereof, shall be clothed with scarlet, and have a chain of gold about his neck, and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom. (Dan. 5:7)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it, and I will destroya the counsel thereof; and they shall seek unto the idols and unto the conjurers, and unto the necromancers, and unto the soothsayers.

JND Translation Notes

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Lit. "swallow up."