Isaiah 19:3

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The spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of it; and I will destroy the counsel of it: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to those who have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.

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Egypt, centered on the Nile and cities such as Memphis and Zoan, is the immediate object of God’s judgment in verse 3, where its counselors and idols fail. The wider oracle also envisions Canaan’s language, the City of Destruction

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Isaiah 19:3 mentions Assyria, Canaan, City of Destruction, Egypt, Memphis, Nile and Zoan.

Photo of Assyria — Assyria · Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)

Photo of Egypt — Egypt · Ricardo Liberato