Isaiah 19:6 KJV — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:6

And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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ASV

And the rivers shall become foul; the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and dried up; the reeds and flags shall wither away.

WEB

The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither.

YLT

And they have turned away the flowings, Weak and dried up have been brooks of the bulwark, Reed and flag have withered.

DBT

and the rivers shall stink, and the streams of Egypt shall be diminished and drain away: the reeds and sedges shall wither.

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Isaiah 37:25
I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.
2 Kings 19:24
I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.
Job 8:11
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
Exodus 7:18
And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.
Exodus 2:3
And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

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That at length God's holy religion should be brought into Egypt, and set up there, in part by the Jews that should flee thither for refuge, but more fully by the preachers of the gospel of Christ, through whose ministry churches should be planted in Egypt in the says of the Messiah (

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

), making the country difficult of access to an enemy. Deep rivers are the strongest lines, and most hardly forced. Pharaoh is said to be a great dragon lying in the midst of his rivers, and guarded by them, bidding defiance to all about him, Ezek. xxix.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

): They shall turn the rivers far away. Their kings and great men, to gratify their own fancy, will drain water from the main river to their own houses and grounds at a distance, preferring their private convenience before the public good, and so by degrees the force of the river is sensibly weakened.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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ISA 19:6EXO 2:3 EXO 1:22
ISA 19:6EXO 2:3 ACT 7:19
ISA 19:6EXO 2:3 GEN 6:14
ISA 19:6ISA 37:25 1KI 20:10
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ISA 19:6EXO 2:3 ISA 18:2
ISA 19:6EXO 2:3 MAT 2:16
ISA 19:6EXO 7:18 EXO 7:24
ISA 19:6EXO 7:18 EXO 7:21

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