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Isaiah 19:6–7

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And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
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From verse 6

  1. Isaiah 37:25Rank 1 from verse 6
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    25I have digged, and drunk water; and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the besieged places.

  2. 2 Kings 19:24Rank 2 from verse 6
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    24I have digged and drunk strange waters, and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of besieged places.

  3. Exodus 2:3Rank 3 from verse 6
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    3And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

  4. Exodus 7:18Rank 4 from verse 6
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    18And the fish that is in the river shall die, and the river shall stink; and the Egyptians shall lothe to drink of the water of the river.

  5. Job 8:11Rank 5 from verse 6
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    11Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

From verse 7

  1. Ezekiel 19:13Rank 1 from verse 7
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    13And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.

  2. Isaiah 23:3Rank 2 from verse 7
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    3And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.

  3. Isaiah 32:20Rank 3 from verse 7
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    20Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.

  4. Jeremiah 14:4Rank 4 from verse 7
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    4Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.

  5. Joel 1:17–18Rank 5 from verse 7
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    17The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered.

    18How do the beasts groan! the herds of cattle are perplexed, because they have no pasture; yea, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

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Isaiah 19:6

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

turn

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Sense 1: To change direction, position, condition, purpose, or allegiance; to cause such a change. Sense 2: One’s time or occasion in an order or succession.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

defence

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Sense 1: Protection from attack or harm; a means of defending. Sense 2: An answer made against an accusation.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

emptied

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Past-tense or past-participial form of empty (to make void or destitute, deprive of contents, or pour out).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

dried

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Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of dry, meaning to become or make free from moisture.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reeds

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1. Units of length measured by a measuring reed. 2. Tall, cane-like plants growing in or near water.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

DEFINED WORDS

Isaiah 19:7

COMBINED MEANING

paper

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1. Material used for writing. 2. Used attributively of a kind of reed growing beside water.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

reeds

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1. Units of length measured by a measuring reed. 2. Tall, cane-like plants growing in or near water.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

mouth

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Sense 1: The bodily opening used for eating, breathing, and speaking. Sense 2: The opening or entrance of a thing. Sense 3: Speech, utterance, or the agency of speaking.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

every

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Each individual or member of the class, group, place, time, side, or kind named; all distributively.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

sown

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1. Scattered or planted as seed. 2. By figure, imparted, spread, or laid down.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

driven

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Past-participial form of drive: impelled, forced, urged, carried, or moved onward or away.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

6And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither.

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7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.

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8The fishers also shall mourn, and all they that cast angle into the brooks shall lament, and they that spread nets upon the waters shall languish.

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