5 Then shall the waters fail from the river,

Yea, the river shall be wasted, and dried up.

6 The streams shall become putrid ;

The canals of Egypt shall be emptied and dried up;
The reed and the rush shall wither.

7 The meadows by the stream, by the borders of the stream,

And all that groweth by the stream,

Shall wither, be blasted, and be no more.

8 Then shall the fishermen mourn;

All they that cast the hook into the stream shall lament,

And they that spread nets upon the face of the waters shall languish.

They, also, that work the fine flax,

And they that weave white drapery shall be confounded.

10 The pillars are cast down,

And all, who labor for hire, are grieved in heart.

11 Surely the princes of Zoan are fools;

The wise counsellors of Pharaoh have been stupid in their counsel.

How, then, can ye say to Pharaoh,

"I am the son of the wise;

"The son of ancient kings."

12 Where are they now, thy wise men?

Let them tell thee now, and make it known,

What Jehovah of hosts hath determined concerning
Egypt!

13 The princes of Zoan are become fools,

The princes of Nob are deceived,

They have caused Egypt to err, even the chiefs of

her tribes,

14 Jehovah hath mingled in the midst of them a spirit of

giddiness,

And they have caused Egypt to err in all her works,
As a drunkard staggereth in his vomit.

15 There shall be nothing, which can be done by Egypt, By the head, or the tail, the palm-branch, or the

rush.

16 In that day shall the Egyptians be like women; They shall tremble and fear,

On account of the threatening hand of Jehovah of hosts,

Which he shaketh against them.

17 The land of Judah shall be a terror to Egypt;

Every one that maketh mention of it shall tremble,
On account of the purpose of Jehovah of hosts,
Which he hath determined against it.

18 In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt,

Speaking the language of Canaan,

And swearing by Jehovah of hosts;

One of them shall be called the city of Deliverance. 19 In that day shall there be an altar to Jehovah in the midst of the land of Egypt,

And in the border of it a pillar to Jehovah,

20 Which shall be a sign and a witness

For Jehovah of hosts in the land of Egypt,

That they cried to Jehovah on account of their oppressors,

And he sent them a saviour, and a defender, who delivered them.

21 Thus shall Jehovah be made known to Egypt,

And the Egyptians shall know Jehovah in that day,
And shall offer him sacrifices and oblations;

They shall make vows to Jehovah, and perform them.

22 Thus Jehovah will smite Egypt; he will smite and heal

her;

They shall return to Jehovah ;

Therefore will he hear and heal them.

23 In that day shall there be a highway from Egypt to Assyria,

And the Assyrian shall come into Egypt,

And the Egyptian into Assyria,

And the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians,

24 In that day shall Israel be the third

In a covenant with Egypt and Assyria,
A blessing in the midst of the earth.

25 Jehovah of hosts shall bless them, and say,

Blessed be Egypt, my people,

And Assyria, the work of my hands,
And Israel, my inheritance.

XVI.

Against the trust of Israel in Egypt and Ethiopia. — CH. XX.

1 In the year, in which Tartan, being sent by Sargon, the king of Assyria, came to Ashdod, and fought 2 against Ashdod, and took it, at that time spake Jehovah to Isaiah the son of Amoz in this manner : Go, and loose the sackcloth from thy loins, and put off thy shoes from thy feet. And he did so, walking 3 naked, and bare-foot. And Jehovah said: As my servant Isaiah hath walked naked and bare-foot, a sign, and a token of three years, for Egypt and

4 Ethiopia, so shall the king of Assyria lead the captives of Egypt and prisoners of Ethiopia, young and old, naked and bare-foot, with their hind-parts un5 covered, to the shame of the Egyptians. Then shall they be terrified and ashamed of Ethiopia their trust, 6 and of Egypt their glory. The inhabitant of this coast shall say in that day, "Behold, so is it with them, in whom we trusted, and to whom we fled for help, that we might be delivered from the king of Assyria. How then shall we escape?"

XVII.

The destruction of Babylon by the Medes and Persians. -
CH. XXI. 1-10.

1 THE oracle concerning the desert of the sea.

As storms, which rush along from the south, So they come from the desert,

From the terrible land.

2 A grievous vision was revealed to me;

3

.

The plunderer plundereth, and the destroyer de

stroyeth.

"Go up, O Elam! Besiege, O Media!

"All sighing do I make to cease."

Therefore are my loins full of pain;

Anguish hath seized me, as of a woman in travail;

For convulsions I cannot hear;

For anguish I cannot see.

4 My heart panteth,

Terror seizeth upon me,

The night, which I desired, is changed into horror.

5 The table is prepared; the watch is set;

They eat; they drink ;

"Arise, ye princes!

"Anoint the shield!"

6 For thus said the Lord unto me,

"Go, set a watchman,

"Who shall declare what he seeth."

7 And he saw a troop, horsemen, two and two, Also a troop of asses, and a troop of camels, And he watched with the utmost heed.

8 Then he cried like a lion,

"My lord, I stand continually upon the watch-tower

in the day-time,

"And keep my post all the night;

9 "And behold, there cometh a troop,

"Horsemen, two and two."

Again also he lifted up his voice, and said,

"All the graven images of her gods are cast broken to the ground."

10 O my threshing, and the corn of my floor,

What I have heard from Jehovah of hosts, the God of
Israel,

That have I declared to you.