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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.

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ASV

In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them.

KJV

In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it.

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16 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
בַּיּ֣וֹםbai.Yomin the dayH3117 →
הַה֔וּאha.Hu'<the> thatH1931 →
יִֽהְיֶ֥הyih.Yehit will beH1961 →
מִצְרַ֖יִםmitz.Ra.yimEgyptH4714 →
כַּנָּשִׁ֑יםka.na.Shimlike <the> womenH802 →
וְחָרַ֣ד׀ve.cha.Radand it will trembleH2729 →
וּפָחַ֗דu.fa.Chadand it will be in dreadH6342 →
מִפְּנֵי֙mi.pe.Neiof <the face of>H6440 →
תְּנוּפַת֙te.nu.Fat[the] brandishing ofH8573 →
יַד־yad-[the] hand ofH3027 →
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹתtze.va.'otof hostsH6635 →
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834 →
ה֖וּאhu'heH1931 →
מֵנִ֥יףme.Nif[is] brandishingH5130 →
עָלָֽיו׃'a.Lavon itH5921 →

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Nahum 3:13Look at your troops—they are like your women! The gates of your land are wide open to your enemies; fire consumes their bars.Jeremiah 51:30The warriors of Babylon have stopped fighting; they sit in their strongholds. Their strength is exhausted; they have become like women. Babylon’s homes have been set ablaze, the bars of her gates are broken.Jeremiah 50:37A sword is against her horses and chariots and against all the foreigners in her midst, and they will become like women. A sword is against her treasuries, and they will be plundered.Isaiah 11:15The 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.Jeremiah 30:5–7Yes, this is what the LORD says: “A cry of panic is heard—a cry of terror, not of peace.Zechariah 2:9I will surely wave My hand over them, so that they will become plunder for their own servants. Then you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me.”Isaiah 10:32Yet today they will halt at Nob, shaking a fist at the mount of Daughter Zion, at the hill of Jerusalem.Isaiah 30:32And with every stroke of the rod of punishment that the LORD brings down on them, the tambourines and lyres will sound as He battles with weapons brandished.Isaiah 30:30–32And the LORD will cause His majestic voice to be heard and His mighty arm to be revealed, striking in angry wrath with a flame of consuming fire, and with cloudburst, storm, and hailstones.Psalms 48:6Trembling seized them there, anguish like a woman in labor.Isaiah 30:17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.Hebrews 10:31It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.Jeremiah 46:5Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.Isaiah 19:1This is the burden against Egypt: Behold, the LORD rides on a swift cloud; He is coming to Egypt. The idols of Egypt will tremble before Him, and the hearts of the Egyptians will melt within them.Isaiah 37:27Therefore their inhabitants, devoid of power, are dismayed and ashamed. They are like plants in the field, tender green shoots, grass on the rooftops, scorched before it is grown.Jeremiah 4:9“In that day,” declares the LORD, “the king and officials will lose their courage. The priests will tremble in fear, and the prophets will be astounded.”Isaiah 23:5When the report reaches Egypt, they will writhe in agony over the news of Tyre.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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