Isaiah 19:15 meaning and explanation
There is nothing Egypt can do— head or tail, palm or reed.
Isaiah 19:15, Berean Standard Bible
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Isaiah is speaking God's word against Egypt, a great power that trusted in its own wisdom, wealth and Nile-fed strength. After promising internal strife, dried rivers and bewildered counselors, the prophet sums up the nation's helplessness with a picture of the whole body and the whole landscape: head and tail, palm and reed.
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