Isaiah 11:15

Translations

Modern

The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Traditional

And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

Literal

And YHWH will devote to destruction the tongue of the Sea of Egypt, and He will wave His hand over the River with the might of His wind, and will strike it into seven streams, for one to tread in sandals.

Latin

Et desolabit Dominus linguam maris Ægypti, et levabit manum suam super flumen in fortitudine spiritus sui; et percutiet eum in septem rivis, ita ut transeant per eum calceati.

Original

Hebrew

English

The LORD will devote to destruction the gulf of the Sea of Egypt; with a scorching wind He will sweep His hand over the Euphrates. He will split it into seven streams for men to cross with dry sandals.

Notes

Isaiah 11:15–16

Isaiah used images from Israel's past exodus to encourage his listeners. He promised that God would lead his people out of Assyria just as he led them out of Egypt (Exodus 14:29–15:18; see also Revelation 16:12).

Isaiah 11:1–16

The kingdom of the Messiah, first mentioned in Isaiah 9:1–7, is now explored in more detail. Isaiah questioned the Israelites about their trust in other nations when God had far better plans in mind.

Isaiah 10:5–11:16

Isaiah 9:8–10:4 shows that the Lord’s moral law is supreme. This means God’s standards of right and wrong stand above every nation and ruler. The next section explains what this truth means:

Assyria was only a tool in God’s hands. Because of this, Assyria was also responsible to God. Like every other nation, it would face judgment for its sin (Isaiah 10:5–19, 28–34).
Those among God’s people who trusted in him and obeyed his covenant would be rescued (Isaiah 10:20–27).
God would establish his kingdom on earth (Isaiah 11).

Isaiah 7:1–12:6

These prophecies occurred when Assyria rose to power. Syria and Israel formed an alliance against Judah (Isaiah 7:1–2; see 2 Kings 16:5). God used Assyria as a tool to punish Syria, Israel, and Judah (Isaiah 7–10).

Theme notes and profiles

Isaiah God’s Judgment of His People Hope Beyond Judgment Salvation in Isaiah Spiritual Renewal in the Later Prophets The New Community The Remnant

Events

Prophecies of Isaiah

Related verses

Zechariah 10:11
They 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.
Revelation 16:12
And the sixth angel poured out his bowl on the great river Euphrates, and its water was dried up to prepare the way for the kings of the East.
Isaiah 50:2
Why was no one there when I arrived? Why did no one answer when I called? Is My hand too short to redeem you? Or do I lack the strength to deliver you? Behold, My rebuke dries up the sea; I turn the rivers into a desert; the fish rot for lack of water and die of thirst.
Isaiah 7:20
On that day the Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the Euphrates—the king of Assyria—to shave your head and the hair of your legs, and to remove your beard as well.
Isaiah 19:16
In 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.
Isaiah 19:5–10
The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
Isaiah 51:9–10
Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD. Wake up as in days past, as in generations of old. Was it not You who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced through the dragon?
Ezekiel 29:10
…therefore I am against you and against your rivers. I will turn the land of Egypt into a ruin, a desolate wasteland from Migdol to Syene, and as far as the border of Cush.
Ezekiel 30:12
I will make the streams dry up and sell the land to the wicked. By the hands of foreigners I will bring desolation upon the land and everything in it. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Exodus 14:21
Then Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and all that night the LORD drove back the sea with a strong east wind that turned it into dry land. So the waters were divided,
Exodus 7:19–21
And the LORD said to Moses, “Tell Aaron, ‘Take your staff and stretch out your hand over the waters of Egypt—over their rivers and canals and ponds and all the reservoirs—that they may become blood.’ There will be blood throughout the land of Egypt, even in the vessels of wood and stone.”
Psalm 74:13–15
You divided the sea by Your strength; You smashed the heads of the dragons of the sea;

Places

Euphrates: Major river in ancient Near East; boundary of Promised Land Sea of Egypt: Likely the Gulf of Suez, part of the Red Sea

Glossary

Bible, Quotations of the Old Testament in the New Testament Isaiah, Book of Kingdom of God, Kingdom of Heaven Prophet, Prophetess Remnant Righteousness

Topics

Jesus, the Christ: Prophecies Concerning the Coming of Nile: Called the River The Euphrates River The Jews: Promises Respecting: Restoration to Their own Land The Nile River the River Nile: Called: The Egyptian Sea the River Nile: Empties Itself Into the Mediterranean Sea by Seven Streams The Sea: Great Rivers often Called The Wind: Drying Nature of

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