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Isaiah 19:1

מַשָּׂ֖א
massâʼ
a burden; specifically, tribute, or (abstractly) porterage; figuratively, an utterance, chiefly a doom, especially singing; mental, desire
מִצְרָ֑יִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
הִנֵּ֨ה
hinnêh
lo!
יְהוָ֜ה
Yᵉhôvâh
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God
רֹכֵ֨ב
râkab
to ride (on an animal or in a vehicle); causatively, to place upon (for riding or generally), to despatch
עַל
ʻal
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
עָ֥ב
ʻâb
properly, an envelope, i.e. darkness (or density, 2 Chronicles 4:17); specifically, a (scud) cloud; also a copse
קַל֙
qal
light; (by implication) rapid (also adverbial)
וּבָ֣א
bôwʼ
and — to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
מִצְרַ֔יִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
וְנָע֞וּ
nûwaʻ
and — to waver, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (as subjoined)
אֱלִילֵ֤י
ʼĕlîyl
good for nothing, by analogy vain or vanity; specifically an idol
מִצְרַ֨יִם֙
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
מִפָּנָ֔יו
pânîym
from — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
וּלְבַ֥ב
lêbâb
and — the heart (as the most interior organ);
מִצְרַ֖יִם
Mitsrayim
Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
יִמַּ֥ס
mâçaç
to liquefy; figuratively, to waste (with disease), to faint (with fatigue, fear or grief)
בְּקִרְבּֽוֹ
qereb
in/with/by — properly, the nearest part, i.e. the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
Isaiah 19:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt: Listen carefully, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
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Isaiah 19:1New

Egypt's idols trembling at Yahweh's arrival directly answers the Exodus narrative's own contest between Yahweh and Egypt's gods, centuries after that first confrontation.

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The [mournful, inspired] oracle (a burden to be carried) concerning Egypt: Listen carefully, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and is about to come to Egypt; The idols of Egypt will tremble at His presence, And the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.
Isaiah 19:1
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