Isa 19:2 | JFB | STEP | 2. set —stir up. GESENIUS translates, "arm." Egyptians against the Egyptians —Lower against Upper: and Saitic against both. (See ). NEWTON refers it to the civil wars between Apries and Amasis at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's invasion; also between Tachos, Nectanebus, and the Mendesians, just before Ochus subdued Egypt. kingdom against kingdom —The Septuagint has "nome against nome"; Egypt was divided into forty-two nomes or districts.

Isaiah 19:2

2. set—stir up. GESENIUS translates, "arm."

Egyptians against the Egyptians—Lower against Upper: and Saitic against both. (See Isa 3:10). NEWTON refers it to the civil wars between Apries and Amasis at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's invasion; also between Tachos, Nectanebus, and the Mendesians, just before Ochus subdued Egypt.

kingdom against kingdom—The Septuagint has "nome against nome"; Egypt was divided into forty-two nomes or districts.