Isaías 19:15

15 No hay nada que Egipto pueda hacer;
todos son débiles:
la cabeza y la cola;
la noble rama de palma y el humilde junco.

Isaías 19:15 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 19:15

Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt
No trade or business to carry on; their rivers being dried up, there was no flax to work with, and fine linen was a principal commodity of Egypt; nor any fish to catch, or rushes to make paper of, as before observed: or it would not be in the power of their hands to deliver themselves from the Assyrians that should come against them; and that they should be deprived of wisdom and counsel, and be at their wits' end, not knowing what to do, or what step to take:

which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do:
high or low, strong or weak, all ranks and orders of men shall have nothing to do; all shall be weak and dispirited, and void of counsel. By the "head" and "branch" may be meant the king and his nobles; and by the "tail" and "rush" the common people; see ( Isaiah 9:14 Isaiah 9:15 ) . The Targum interprets the whole of their chief men thus,

``and the Egyptians shall have no king to reign, nor prince, noble, governor, or ruler.''

Jarchi explains it of the magicians, astrologers, and stargazers of Egypt, who, with all their boasted knowledge and wisdom, should not be able either to foresee or prevent the evil coming upon them.

Isaías 19:15 In-Context

13 Los funcionarios de Zoán son unos necios,
y los funcionarios de Menfis
son engañados.
Los líderes del pueblo
hicieron descarriar a Egipto.

14 El Señor
envió sobre ellos un espíritu de necedad,
para que todas sus sugerencias sean equivocadas.
Ellos hacen que Egipto se tambalee
como un borracho en su vómito.

15 No hay nada que Egipto pueda hacer;
todos son débiles:
la cabeza y la cola;
la noble rama de palma y el humilde junco.

16 En aquel día, los egipcios serán tan débiles como las mujeres. Se encogerán de miedo bajo el puño levantado del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

17 Tan solo pronunciar el nombre de Israel los aterrorizará, porque el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales ha trazado planes en contra de ellos.