“And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.” — Isaiah 19:3
Egypt had a certain kind of spirit. It wasn’t God’s Spirit. It was a spirit of pride, confusion, and false religion. They trusted in themselves, their false gods, their magic, and their so called “wisdom”. And when things fell apart, they didn’t turn to the Lord. They ran to charmers, familiar spirits, and wizards. That’s who they leaned on. That’s what their spirit was like.
God said their spirit would “fail.” It would collapse. It would dry up. They would be left with no answers and no help. The Lord Himself said He would destroy their counsel.
And this isn’t the only city in the Bible that had a spirit tied to it. God gave us clear examples of places that had a spiritual condition, and He showed us what happens when a city follows after its own way.
Jerusalem: A Rebellious Spirit
“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!” — Matthew 23:37
Jerusalem had the chance to come to Jesus, but they rejected Him. He wanted to gather them, protect them, help them. But they refused. That’s a rebellious spirit. Not ignorance. Rebellion.
Sodom: A Proud and Perverted Spirit
“Behold, this was the iniquity of thy sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of the poor and needy. And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.” — Ezekiel 16:49-50
God didn’t just judge Sodom because of one sin. Their spirit was full of pride, laziness, gluttony, and no care for the weak. They were lifted up in their own eyes. Then came the abomination. Their pride led to perversion.
Babylon: A Spirit of Pride and Sorcery
“Thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart… Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels. Let now the astrologers, the stargazers, the monthly prognosticators, stand up, and save thee from these things…” — Isaiah 47:7,13
Babylon thought it would never fall. She was proud, full of her own ideas, and heavy into witchcraft and astrology. But none of it helped her. God brought her low. Her spirit was full of pride and wicked counsel.
Capernaum: A Spirit of Rejection
“And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell.” — Luke 10:15
Capernaum had Jesus walking through it. He did mighty works there. But the people wouldn’t believe. They thought they were special. They had the truth right in front of them, and they still turned Him away.
Laodicean Church: A Lukewarm Spirit
“I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will spue thee out of my mouth. Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing…”
— Revelation 3:15-17
The Laodicean church was proud and blind. They didn’t see how poor and weak they really were. They thought they were doing just fine. But they were lukewarm. No fire. No passion. No faith. That kind of spirit made the Lord sick.
God Will Bless a Nation That Turns to Him
“Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.” — Psalm 33:12
God hasn’t changed. He still blesses the nation that puts Him first. If a nation honors the Lord, He will honor them. If a people turn to Him, He will be with them.
But when a people act like Egypt, or Sodom, or Babylon… then judgment is coming. We’re seeing the same kind of spirit rise up in America. You can’t ignore it. You see pride, confusion, perversion, and lukewarm Christianity spreading like wildfire.
It Starts with Us
So what do we do? We take it personally. It starts with us in our own churches. We’ve got to be like Josiah, the young king who found the Book of the Law and trembled when he read it.
“And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes.” — 2 Kings 22:11
Josiah didn’t point fingers. He took it seriously. He cleaned house. He tore down the idols. He turned the nation back to God.
That’s what we need. Men and women who take God serious. People who pray, obey, and act. That’s how we push back against the spirit of Egypt.
It won’t start in Washington. It’ll start in our churches. With our families. With our hearts.
May God help us.
