Isaiah 19:1-4

English Standard Version

An Oracle Concerning Egypt

1 An oracle concerning Egypt. Behold, the Lord is riding on a swift cloud and comes to Egypt; and the idols of Egypt will tremble at his presence, and the heart of the Egyptians will melt within them.

2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom;

3 and the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound[a] their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers;

4 and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, declares the Lord God of hosts.

Tupos means a type. This warning is about any nation that acts like the ancient Egyptians. Our Lord is the Lord over all the earth and no one should ignore the warnings in a word of prophecy just because their nation is not named Egypt.

So often we cry out, “He is not talking about us.” We talk about the prophetic word as if it is not about us, someone else will suffer, not us.

At the time of this writing in Isaiah the known world was much smaller. There were few examples to be used. The world is much larger now and those attitudes exist all over the world that existed in ancient Egypt. We should not ignore the attitudes that exist in our own country just because our nation’s name does not exist in prophecy. Our type, our tupos, may well suffer the fate as that named nation in prophecy.

Look around and see what false gods are being worshiped in our countries.

Turn to the Lord and seek His will in what part we have to play in prophecy. Follow the Lord.

Don’t look back as our Sodom and Gomorrahs suffer destruction.