Behold, the Lord rides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
The idols of Egypt will totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst. (Isaiah 19:1)
The presence of the Lord will always cause the idols to totter and fall.
The same thing happened when the ark of the covenant was kept before the idol of dagon, the idol of dagon fell and broke in pieces. (Read 1 Samuel 5)
The predominate deity of Egypt is Islam.
“I will set Egyptians against Egyptians;
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
The spirit of Egypt will fail in its midst;
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will consult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
And the Egyptians I will give
Into the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts. (Isaiah 19:2-4)
Prophecies related to Egypt
There is a civil war coming to Egypt...people of that land will fight against each other. Total confusion will prevail in that land. There will be a dictator like leader rising in Egypt soon. This civil war will spill over to the surrounding kingdoms also. We really need to pray for this nation
The waters will fail from the sea, and the river will be wasted and dried up.
The rivers will turn foul;
The brooks of defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
The papyrus reeds by the River, by the mouth of the River,
And everything sown by the River,
Will wither, be driven away, and be no more.
The fishermen also will mourn;
All those will lament who cast hooks into the River,
And they will languish who spread nets on the waters.
Moreover those who work in fine flax
And those who weave fine fabric will be ashamed;
And its foundations will be broken.
All who make wages will be troubled of soul. (Isaiah 19:5-10)
A famine will follow this civil war. The economy in Egypt will be in big trouble. There will be a total collapse
In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the Lord of hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun or Destruction. (Isaiah 19:18)
This could be Heliopolis - the city of the sun, the center of the worship of the sun god Ra, a chief deity in the Egyptian pantheon.
In that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the Lord at its border. And it will be for a sign and for a witness to the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt; for they will cry to the Lord because of the oppressors, and He will send them a Savior and a Mighty One, and He will deliver them. Then the Lord will be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians will know the Lord in that day, and will make sacrifice and offering; yes, they will make a vow to the Lord and perform it. 22 And the Lord will strike Egypt, He will strike and heal it; they will return to the Lord, and He will be entreated by them and heal them. (Isaiah 19:19-22)
The Lord will raise a leader much like Joseph in the Old Testament who will turn them to the Lord. Egypt will know the Lord.
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