Isaiah 19:1

An oracle against Egypt: the LORD comes in judgment, and Egypt's idols and courage collapse before him. It matters because it shows that even the mightiest pagan power is helpless before God.

Cross-references · 30

• Exod 12:12On that night I will pass through the land of Egypt and strike down every firstborn male, both man and beast, and I will execute judgment against all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD.
• Rev 1:7Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
• Josh 2:11When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
• Joel 3:19Egypt will become desolate, and Edom a desert wasteland, because of the violence done to the people of Judah, in whose land they shed innocent blood.
• Ezek 30:13This is what the Lord GOD says: I will destroy the idols and put an end to the images in Memphis. There will no longer be a prince in Egypt, and I will instill fear in that land.
• Ezek 29:1–21In the tenth year, on the twelfth day of the tenth month, the word of the LORD came to me, saying,
• Jer 50:2“Announce and declare to the nations; lift up a banner and proclaim it; hold nothing back when you say, ‘Babylon is captured; Bel is put to shame; Marduk is shattered, her images are disgraced, her idols are broken in pieces.’
• Jer 51:44I will punish Bel in Babylon. I will make him spew out what he swallowed. The nations will no longer stream to him; even the wall of Babylon will fall.
• Deut 33:26“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
• Ps 104:3laying the beams of His chambers in the waters above, making the clouds His chariot, walking on the wings of the wind.
• Isa 13:1This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
• Isa 13:7Therefore all hands will fall limp, and every man’s heart will melt.
• Jer 43:8–13Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
• Isa 21:9Look, here come the riders, horsemen in pairs.” And one answered, saying: “Fallen, fallen is Babylon! All the images of her gods lie shattered on the ground!”
• Exod 15:14–16The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the dwellers of Philistia.
• Zech 14:18And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles.
• Josh 2:9and said to them, “I know that the LORD has given you this land and that the fear of you has fallen on us, so that all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of you.
• Jer 44:29–30This will be a sign to you that I will punish you in this place, declares the LORD, so that you may know that My threats of harm against you will surely stand.
• Zech 10:11They will pass through the sea of distress and strike the waves of the sea; all the depths of the Nile will dry up. The pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the scepter of Egypt will depart.
• Isa 19:16In that day the Egyptians will be like women. They will tremble with fear beneath the uplifted hand of the LORD of Hosts, when He brandishes it against them.
• Jer 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;
• Ps 68:33–34to Him who rides upon the highest heavens of old; behold, His mighty voice resounds.
• Ps 68:4Sing to God! Sing praises to His name. Exalt Him who rides on the clouds—His name is the LORD—and rejoice before Him.
• Ps 18:10–12He mounted a cherub and flew; He soared on the wings of the wind.
• Ps 104:34May my meditation be pleasing to Him, for I rejoice in the LORD.
• 1 Sam 5:2–4carried it into the temple of Dagon, and set it beside his statue.
• Isa 46:1–2Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the weary animal.
• Josh 2:24“The LORD has surely delivered the entire land into our hands,” they said to Joshua. “Indeed, all who dwell in the land are melting in fear of us.”
• Jer 46:1–28This is the word of the LORD about the nations—the word that came to Jeremiah the prophet
• Matt 26:64–65“You have said it yourself,” Jesus answered. “But I say to all of you, from now on you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of Power and coming on the clouds of heaven.”

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