Isa 18:0-19:17, Isa 20, Jer 9:25-26, 25:18-19, Eze 30-32 | TSK | STEP | God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians. An accession thereby shall be made to the church. A.M. cir. 3290. B.C. cir. 714. Woe.Bp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings. the land. shadowing. which.

Isaiah 18

1 God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians.

7 An accession thereby shall be made to the church.

A.M. cir. 3290. B.C. cir. 714. Woe.Bp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings.

the land.

20:3-6; 30:2,3; 31:1

shadowing.

Ru 2:12; Ps 17:8; 36:7; 57:1; 61:4; 63:7; 91:4; Mt 23:37

which.

2Ki 19:9; Eze 30:4,5; Zep 2:12; 3:10

sendeth.

30:2-4; Eze 30:9

vessels.It is well known that the Egyptians commonly used on the Nile a light sort of ships or boats made of the papyrus. See note on Ex 2:3.

to a nation.

scattered and peeled. or, outspread and polished.Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "stretched out in length and smoothed." Egypt, which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees N. lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees E. long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length, (through the middle of which runs the Nile,) in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.

to a people.

Ge 10:8,9; 2Ch 12:2-4; 14:9; 16:8

Heb. Meted out and trodden down. or, that meteth out andtreadeth down. Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot. This is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries, after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in by turning their cattle into the fields.

have spoiled. or, despise.

19:5-7

All ye.

1:2; Ps 49:1,2; 50:1; Jer 22:29; Mic 6:2

see ye.

5:26; 7:18; 13:2,4; 26:11; Am 3:6-8; Mic 6:9; Zec 9:14; Mt 13:9,16

I will.

26:21; Ps 132:13,14; Ho 5:15

consider in my dwelling place. or, regard my set dwelling.

7; 12:6; 14:32; 31:9; 46:13; Joe 3:17

like a clear.

2Sa 23:4; Ps 72:6

upon herbs. or, after rain.

17:11; So 2:13,15; Eze 17:6-10

14:19; 34:1-7; Jer 7:33; 15:3; Eze 32:4-6; 39:17-20; Re 19:17,18

shall the.

16:1; 23:17,18; 45:14; 2Ch 32:23; Ps 68:29-31; 72:9-15; Zep 3:10

Mal 1:11; Mt 2:11; Ac 8:27,28

scattered and peeled. or, outspread and polished.

to the.

4; 60:6-9; Mic 4:13; Zec 14:16,17

Isaiah 19:1-17

1 The confusion of Egypt.

11 The foolishness of their princes.

18 The calling of Egypt into the church.

23 The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel.

Egypt.

Jer 25:19; 43:8-13; 44:29,30; 46:1-28; Eze 29:1-32:32; Joe 3:19

Zec 10:11; 14:18

rideth.

De 33:26; Ps 18:10-12; 68:4,33,34; 104:34; Mt 26:64,65; Re 1:7

the idols.

21:9; 46:1,2; Ex 12:12; 1Sa 5:2-4; Jer 43:12; 46:25; 50:2; 51:44

Eze 30:13

the heart.

16; Ex 15:14-16; Jos 2:9,11,24; Jer 46:5,15,16

I will.

13,14; 9:21; Jud 7:22; 9:23; 1Sa 14:16,20; 2Ch 20:22,23; Eze 38:21

Mt 12:25; Re 17:12-17

set. Heb. mingle.

the spirit.This is a prophecy of what took place in Egypt about twenty-two years after the destruction of Sennacherib's army; when, upon the death of Tirhakah, (B.C. 688,) not being able to settle about the succession, they continued for two years in a state of anarchy, confusion, and civil wars; which was followed by the tyranny of twelve princes, who, dividing the country among them, governed it for fifteen years; and at last, by the sole dominion of Psammiticus, which he held for fifty-four years.

1,11-13; 57:16; 1Sa 25:37; Ps 76:12; Jer 46:15; Eze 21:7; 22:14

fail. Heb. be emptied. and I.

14:27; 2Sa 15:31; 17:14,23; 2Ch 25:16-20; Job 5:12,13; Pr 21:30

1Co 3:19,20

destroy. Heb. swallow up.

Ps 107:27; *marg:

and they.

8:19; 15:2; 44:25; 47:12; 1Ch 10:13; Da 2:2; 4:6,7; 5:7

give over. or, shut up.

1Sa 23:7; Ps 31:8

a cruel lord.Rather, "cruel lords," agreeable to the LXX., Syriac, Vulgate, and the original {adonim kasheh.} Nebuchadnezzar, who first conquered and ravaged Egypt, B.C. 573, and the following year; and then, not only his successors, but Cambyses, (who invaded Egypt, B.C. 526,) the son of Cyrus, and the whole succession of Persian kings till the time of Alexander, who were in general hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country.

2; 20:4; Jer 46:26; Eze 29:19

Jer 51:36; Eze 30:12; Zec 10:11; 14:18

and the.

37:25; 2Ki 19:24

the reeds.

18:2; Ex 2:3; Job 8:11

every.

32:20; Jer 14:4; Eze 19:13; Joe 1:17,18

be no more. Heb. shall not be.

Ex 7:21; Nu 11:5; Eze 47:10; Hab 1:15

work.

1Ki 10:28; Pr 7:16; Eze 27:7

net works. or, white works.

purposes. Heb. foundations. make.

Ex 7:19; 8:5; De 11:10

for fish. or, of living things.

the princes.

3,13; 29:14; 44:25; Job 5:12,13; 12:17; Ps 33:10; Jer 49:7; Eze 7:26

1Co 1:19,20

Zoan.

30:4; Nu 13:22; Ps 78:12,43; Eze 30:14

brutish.

Ps 73:22; 92:6; Pr 30:2; Jer 10:14,21

I am.

Ge 41:38,39; 1Ki 4:30; Ac 7:22

where are thy.

5:21; 47:10-13; Jud 9:38; Jer 2:28; 1Co 1:20

let them.

40:13,14; 41:22,23; 44:7; Job 11:6,7; Ro 11:33,34

princes of Zoan.

11; Ro 1:22

Noph.

Jer 2:16; 46:14,19; Eze 30:13

stay. or, governors. Heb. corners.

Nu 24:17; 1Sa 14:38; *marg:

Zec 10:4; 1Pe 2:7

hath mingled.

2; 29:10,14; 47:10,11; 1Ki 22:20-23; Job 12:16; Eze 14:7-9

2Th 2:11

perverse spirit. Heb. spirit of perverseness. as a.

28:7,8; 29:9; Job 12:25; Jer 25:15,16,27; 48:26

9:14,15; Ps 128:2; Pr 14:23; Hab 3:17; Hag 1:11; 1Th 4:11,12

like.

30:17; Ps 48:6; Jer 30:5-7; 50:37; 51:30; Na 3:13

the shaking.

10:32; 11:15; 30:30-32; Zec 2:9

the land.

36:1; Jer 25:19,27-31; 43:8-13; 44:28-30; Eze 29:6,7

because.

14:24,26,27; 20:2-5; 46:10,11; Da 4:35

Isaiah 20

1 A type prefiguring the shameful captivity of Egypt and Ethiopia.

Tartan.Tartan was one of the generals of Sennacherib, who, it is probable, is here called Sargon, and in the book of Tobit, Sacherdonus and Sacherdan, against whom Tirhakah, king of Cush or Ethiopia, was in league with the king of Egypt.

2Ki 18:17

Ashdod.

1Sa 6:17; Jer 25:20; Am 1:8

and took.

Jer 25:29,30

Isaiah. Heb. the hand of Isaiah. Go.

Jer 13:1-11; 19:1-15; Eze 4:5; Mt 16:24

the sackcloth.

2Ki 1:8; Zec 13:4; Mt 3:4; Re 11:3

put.

Ex 3:5; Jos 5:15; Eze 24:17,23

naked.

1Sa 19:24; 2Sa 6:20; Job 1:20,21; Mic 1:8,11; Joh 21:7; Ac 19:16

three.

Nu 14:34; Eze 4:5,6; Re 11:2,3

a sign.

8:18

upon Egypt.

18:1-7

shall.

19:4; Jer 46:26; Eze 30:18

Egyptians. Heb. captivity of Egypt. with their.

3:17; 2Sa 10:4; Jer 13:22,26; Mic 1:11

shame. Heb. nakedness.

Re 3:18

afraid.

30:3,5,7; 36:6; 2Ki 18:21; Eze 29:6,7

their glory.

2:22; Jer 9:23,24; 17:5; 1Co 3:21

isle. or, country.

Job 22:30; Jer 47:4

whither.

28:17; 30:1-7,15,16; 31:1-3; Job 6:20

and how.

Mt 23:33; 1Th 5:3; Heb 2:3

Jeremiah 9:25-26

that.

Eze 28:10; 32:19-32; Am 3:2; Ro 2:8,9,25,26; Ga 5:2-6

punish. Heb. visit upon.

Egypt.

25:9-26; 27:3-7; 46:1-52:34; Isa 13:1-24:23; Eze 24:1-32:32

Am 1:1-2:16; Zep 1:1-2:15

Judah.

Isa 19:24,25

in the utmost corners. Heb. cut off into corners; or, havingthe corners of their hair polled. Dr. Durell and others justly consider the marginal reading as far preferable; as being descriptive of the mode in which the Arabians cut their hair and beard. (See Notes on Le 21:5.)

25:23; 49:32

uncircumcised in.

4:4; Le 26:41; De 30:6; Eze 44:7,9; Ac 7:51; Ro 2:28,29

Jeremiah 25:18-19

Jerusalem.

1:10; 19:3-9; 21:6-10; Ps 60:3; Isa 51:17-22; Eze 9:5-8; Da 9:12

Am 2:5; 3:2; 1Pe 4:17

to make.

9,11; 24:9; Jos 6:18; 2Ki 22:19

as it.

44:22; 1Ki 8:24; Ezr 9:7; Ne 9:36

Pharaoh.

43:9-11; 46:2,13-26; Eze 29:1-32:32; Na 3:8-10

Ezekiel 30

1 The desolation of Egypt and her helpers.

20 The arm of Babylon shall be strengthened to break the arm of Egypt.

Howl.

21:12; Isa 13:6; 14:31; 15:2; 16:7; 23:1,6; 65:14; Jer 4:8; 47:2

Joe 1:5,11; Zep 1:11; Zec 11:2; Jas 5:1; Re 18:10

the day is.

7:7,12; Ps 37:13; Ob 1:15; Joe 2:1; Zep 1:7,14; Mt 24:33; Php 4:5

Jas 5:9; Re 6:17

a cloudy.

18; 32:7; 34:12; Ex 14:20,24; Isa 19:1; Joe 2:1,2; Am 5:16-20

the time.

29:12; Ps 110:6; 149:7-9; Isa 24:21-23; 34:2-17; Jer 25:15-29

Joe 3:11-14; Zep 3:6,7; Zec 14:3-19; Re 19:13-21

the sword.

29:8; Isa 19:2; Jer 50:35-37

pain. or, fear.

9; Ex 15:14-16; Ps 48:6,7; Isa 19:16,17; Re 18:9,10

and they.

10; 29:12,19

and her.

Isa 16:7; Jer 50:15

Ethiopia.

Isa 18:1; 20:4; Jer 46:9; Na 3:8,9

Libya. Heb. Phut.

27:10

all the.

Jer 25:20,24; 50:37

men. Heb. children. that is.

Jer 44:27

They also.

Job 9:13; Isa 20:3-6; 31:3; Na 3:9

from the tower of Syene. or, from Migdol to Syene.

29:10

29:12; 32:18-32; Jer 25:18-26; 46:1-51:64

shall know.

28:24,26; 29:6,9,16; Ps 58:11

when I.

14,16; 22:31; De 32:22; Isa 42:25; La 4:11; Am 1:4,7,10,12,14

Am 2:2,5; Na 1:5,6

destroyed. Heb. broken.

messengers.

5,6; Isa 18:1,2; 20:3,5; Zep 2:12

careless.

38:11; 39:6; Jud 18:7; Isa 32:9-11; 47:8; Jer 49:31; Zep 2:15

1Th 5:2

great.

4; 26:16; 27:35; 32:9,10; Isa 19:17; 23:5; Jer 49:21; Zec 11:2,3

lo.

33:33; Am 4:2

I will.

29:4,5,19; 32:11-16

by the.

24,25

the terrible.

28:7; 31:12; 32:12; De 28:50; Isa 14:4-6; Jer 51:20-23; Hab 1:6-9

and fill.

35:8; 39:4,11-20; Isa 34:3-7; Zep 1:17,18

Re 14.20 19.18

I will make.

29:3; Isa 19:4-10; 44:27; Jer 50:38; 51:36; Na 1:4; Re 16:12

dry. Heb. drought. sell.

Jud 2:14; Isa 19:4

all that is therein. Heb. the fullness thereof.

1Co 10:26

by the hand.

28:10; 31:12

I will also.

Ex 12:12; Isa 19:1-15; Jer 43:12,13; 46:25; Zep 2:11; Zec 13:2

Noph.

Isa 19:13; Jer 2:16; 44:1; 46:14; Ho 9:6

Memphis. Heb. Moph. there shall.

29:14,15; Zec 10:11

put.

Isa 19:16; Jer 46:5

Pathros.

29:14

Zoan. or, Tanis.

Nu 13:22; Ps 78:12,43; Isa 19:11; 30:4

will execute.

Jer 46:25; Na 3:8

I will pour.

Ps 11:6; Na 1:6; Re 16:1

Sin. or, Pelusium.Now Tineh, a town of Egypt, situated at the eastern extremity of the Delta, twenty stadia from the Mediterranean, near the lake of Menzaleh, and upon a branch of the Nile, to which it gave name. It was the key of Egypt on the side of Judea and Syria, and was therefore strongly fortified and garrisoned; but it is now quite in ruins.

8,9; 28:18

Aven. or, Heliopolis.

Ge 41:45

Pibeseth. or Pubastum.Situated on the Pelusiac branch of the Nile, near the top of the Delta.

Tehaphnehes.

Jer 2:16

Tahapanes.

Jer 43:7-9; 46:14

Tahpanhes. the day.

Ex 10:15; Isa 5:30; 9:19; 13:10; Joe 3:15; Mt 24:29

darkened. or, restrained. I shall break.

29:15; Isa 9:4; 10:27; 14:25

the pomp.

31:18; 32:18-32; Isa 14:11; Jer 46:20-26

a cloud.

3; Isa 19:1

14; 5:8,15; 25:11; 39:21; Nu 33:4; Ps 9:16; 149:7; Ro 2:5; Re 17:1

A.M. 3416. B.C. 588.

1:2; 26:1; 29:1,17

Son of man.This prophecy was delivered soon after the Egyptians under Pharaoh-hophra had come to relieve Jerusalem, and some months before the city was taken, being the eleventh year of Jeremiah's captivity, and answering to April 26, A.M. 3416. When the king of Babylon took from the king of Egypt, in the days of Pharaoh-necho, all his dominions in Asia, one of his arms was broken. God now declared that he should never recover these territories, or gain any ascendancy in that part of the world; nay, that his other arm, which was now strong, should soon be broken, and rendered utterly useless. This was fulfilled when Hophra was dethroned and driven into Upper Egypt by Amasis; and then Nebuchadnezzar, taking advantage of this civil discord, invaded and conquered that kingdom, and enslaved, dispersed, and carried captive the Egyptians.

I have.

24; Ps 10:15; 37:17; Jer 48:25

it shall not.

Isa 1:6; Jer 30:13; 46:11; 51:8,9; Na 3:16; Re 18:21

I am.

29:3; Jer 46:25

will break.

Ps 37:17

the strong.

34:16

and that.

2Ki 24:7; Jer 37:7; 46:1-12

I will.

Jer 46:21-25

17,18,26; 29:12,13

I will.

25; Ne 6:9; Ps 18:32,39; 144:1; Isa 45:1,5; Jer 27:6-8

Zec 10:11,12

and put.

De 32:41,42; Ps 17:13; Isa 10:5,6,15; Zep 2:12

he shall.

26:15; Job 24:12; Jer 51:52

they shall know.

19,26; 29:16,21; 32:15; 38:16,23; 39:21,22; Ps 9:16

I will.

17,18,23; 6:13; 29:12; Da 11:42

they shall.

Ezekiel 31

1 A relation unto Pharaoh,

3 of the glory of Assyria,

10 and the fall thereof for pride.

18 The like destruction of Egypt.

in the eleventh.On Sunday, June 19, A.M. 3416, according to Usher; and about a month before the capture of Jerusalem.

1:2; 30:20; Jer 52:5,6

speak.

Jer 1:5,17; Re 10:11

to his.

29:19; 30:10; Na 3:8-10

Whom.

18; Isa 14:13,14

the Assyrian.

Na 3:1-19; Zep 2:13

a cedar.

17:3,4,22; Isa 10:33,34; 37:24; Da 4:10,20-23; Zec 11:2

with fair branches. Heb. fair of branches. of an high.

6; Jud 9:15; Da 4:12

waters.

17:5,8; Pr 14:28; Jer 51:36; Re 17:1,15

made him great. or, nourished him. set. or, brought.little rivers. or, conduits.

his height.The Assyrian king, to whom Pharaoh is compared, from his great power, extensive dominion, and the protection he afforded, resembled the spreading branches, thick shade, and high stature of a flourishing cedar on mount Lebanon. The fruitful lands of Assyria; the immense revenues he drew from vast multitudes in his extensive territories; his lucrative commerce, by the river Tigris, with the countries on the Indian ocean; and all the various sources of his wealth and prosperity, resembled the rivers and streams which cause the trees planted by them to grow and flourish exceedingly; and hence the empire and its head were exalted above all the kingdoms of the earth.

Ps 37:35,36; Isa 10:8-14; 36:4,18,19; 37:11-13; Da 4:11

he shot forth. or, it sent them forth.

17:23; Da 4:12,21; Mt 13:32

cedars.

28:13; Ge 2:8; 13:10; Ps 80:10; Isa 51:3

nor any.

Ps 37:35; Isa 10:7-14; 36:4-18; 37:11-13

made.

16:14; Ex 9:16; Ps 75:6,7; Da 2:21,37,38; 4:22-25; 5:20-23

all the trees.

17:22,24; Jud 9:8-20; Ps 96:12,13; Isa 55:12; Zec 11:2

envied.

Ge 26:14; 37:11; 1Sa 18:15; Pr 27:4; Ec 4:4; Jas 4:5,6

Therefore.The allegory and its interpretation are here combined; and the Assyrian monarch, though already destroyed, is poetically addressed.

Because.

Mt 23:12

and his.

14; 28:17; 2Ch 25:19; 32:25; Job 11:11,12; Pr 16:18; 18:12

Isa 14:13-15; Da 4:30; 5:20; Ob 1:3; Jas 4:6

delivered.

11:9; 21:31; 23:28; Jud 16:23; 1Ti 1:20

the mighty.Nebuchadnezzar, the subverter of the Assyrian empire.

32:11,12; Jer 25:9; Da 5:18,19

he shall surely deal with him. Heb. in doing he shall dounto him.

Jud 1:7; Mt 7:1,2; Jas 2:13

I have driven.

Le 18:24-28; 20:22,23; De 18:12; La 1:21; Na 3:18

strangers.

28:7; 30:11; Hab 1:6,11

upon.

32:4,5; 35:5,8; 39:4; Isa 34:5-7

gone.

Da 4:12-14; Na 3:17,18; Re 17:16

29:5; 32:4; Isa 18:6; Re 19:17,18

the end.

De 13:11; 21:21; Ne 13:18; Da 4:32; 5:22,23; 1Co 10:11; 2Pe 2:6

stand up in their height. or, stand upon themselves fortheir height. delivered.

Ps 82:7; Heb 9:27

the nether.

32:18-32; Ps 63:9,10

I caused a.The deep and all the mighty rivers which cherished this fair tree are here described as mourning at his downfall: they stop their usual courses to bewail his fate, and Lebanon with all its stately trees, (his confederates and allies,) sympathise with him in his misfortunes.

Na 2:8-10; Re 18:9-11,18,19

mourn. Heb. be black.

Mal 3:4

made.

26:10,15; 27:28; Na 2:3; Hag 2:7; Heb 12:26,27; Re 11:13; 18:9-24

When I.

32:18-32; Isa 14:15

and all.

9,18; Isa 14:8; Hab 2:17

shall be comforted.

14; 32:31; Isa 14:15

went.

32:20-30; Ps 9:17; Isa 14:9

that were.

30:6-8,21-25; Ne 3:17,18

dwelt.

3,6; 32:31; La 4:20; Da 4:11,12; Mr 4:32

To whom.Pharaoh is here called upon to look in his mirror, and see the termination of his glory and greatness.

art thou.

2; 32:19

with the.

9,16

thou shalt.

28:10; 32:10,19,21,24-32; 1Sa 17:26,36; 2Sa 1:20; Jer 9:25,26

This is.That is, the judgment that befel the king of Assyria, is an exact representation of the destruction that remains for Pharaoh and all his people.

2Ch 28:22; Ps 52:7; Mt 13:19; 26:26-28; 1Co 10:14

Ezekiel 32

1 A lamentation for the fearful fall of Egypt.

11 The sword of Babylon shall destroy it.

17 It shall be brought down to hell, among all the uncircumcised nations.

A.M. 3417. B.C. 587. in the twelfth.On Wednesday, March 22, A.M. 3417, the twelfth year of Jeconiah's captivity, about a year and half after the destruction of Jerusalem, and at a time when Pharaoh was in power and prosperity.

17; 1:2; 29:1,17; 30:20

take up.

16,18; 19:1; 27:2,32; 28:12; Jer 9:18

Thou art like.

19:2-6; 38:13; Ge 49:9; Nu 24:9; Pr 28:15; Jer 4:7; Na 2:11-13

and thou art as.

29:3; Ps 74:13,14; Isa 27:1; 51:9

whale. or, dragon. and troubledst.

34:18

12:13; 17:20; Ec 9:12; Jer 16:16; La 1:13; Ho 7:12; Hab 1:14-17

29:5; 31:12,13; 39:4,5,17-20; 1Sa 17:44-46; Ps 63:10; 74:14

Ps 79:2,3; 83:9,10; 110:5,6; Isa 14:19; 18:6; 34:2-7; 66:24; Jer 8:2

Jer 25:33; Joe 3:19; Re 19:17,18

And I.To represent the power, rapaciousness, and cruelty of Pharaoh, he had been compared to a fierce young lion, and also to an immense, overgrown sea-monster, or crocodile; and here it is predicted that God would cast a net over him, by which many companies of people should drag him out of his rivers, and cast him into the open field, mountains, valleys, etc., to be devoured by birds and beasts of prey; that is, his ruin would be complete, and attended with terrible miseries to the Egyptians, and afford a large booty to their enemies.

water.

Ex 7:17; Isa 34:3,7; Re 14:20; 16:6

the land.Egypt, so called because interspersed by numerous canals, and overflowed annually by the Nile.

wherein thou swimmest. or, of thy swimming.

put thee out. or, extinguish thee.

Job 18:5,6; Pr 13:9

I will cover the heaven.Destroy the empire.

30:3,18; Ex 10:21-23; Isa 13:10; 34:4; Jer 13:16; Joe 2:2,31; 3:15

Am 8:9; Mt 24:29; Re 6:12,13

make.Overwhelm the dependent states.

the sun.The king.

the moon.The queen, or some state less than the kingdom.

bright lights of heaven. Heb. lights of the light in heaven.

Ge 1:14

dark. Heb. them dark.

Pr 20:20

set darkness upon.Involve the whole land in desolation and woe.

vex. Heb. provoke to anger, or grief.

Re 11:18; 18:10-15

when.

29:12; 30:23,26; Jer 25:15-25

amazed.

27:35; De 29:24; 1Ki 9:8

my sword.

De 32:41

and they.

26:16; 30:9; Ex 15:14-16; Jer 51:9; Zec 11:2; Re 18:10

The sword.

26:7; 30:4,22-25; Jer 43:10; 46:13,24-26

the terrible.

28:7; 30:11; 31:11; De 28:49,50; Hab 1:6,7

they shall.

29:19; Isa 25:2,3

destroy.

29:8; 30:12

neither.

2; 29:11; 34:18

and cause.The neighbouring countries shall be in a state of quietness, like a river that smoothly glides along, having no longer a political crocodile to foul their waters, or to disturb their peace.

destitute of that whereof. Heb. desolate from the fulnessthereof.

29:12,19,20; Ps 24:1; 107:34

then.

6:7; 30:26; Ex 7:5; 14:4,18; Ps 9:16; 83:17,18

2; 26:17; 2Sa 1:17; 3:33,34; 2Ch 35:25; Jer 9:17

in the twelfth.

1; 1:2

the fifteenth.That is, of the twelfth month, just a fortnight after the preceding prophecy.

wail.

2,16; 21:6,7; Isa 16:9; Mic 1:8; Lu 19:41; Ro 12:15

cast.That is, predict that they shall be cast down.

43:3; Jer 1:10; Ho 6:5

the daughters.The cities and colonies of the celebrated nations afterwards enumerated.

unto the.

21,24-32; 26:20; 31:14; Ps 30:9; 63:9; Isa 14:15

dost.

27:3,4; 28:12-17; 31:2,18

go.

Isa 14:9-15

with.

21,24,29,30; 28:10; 1Sa 17:26,36; Jer 9:25,26

fall.

23-26,29,30; 29:8-12

she is delivered to the sword. or, the sword is laid. draw.

Ps 28:3; Pr 24:11; Jer 22:19

strong.Pharaoh is here represented as descending into the regions of the dead, whither many mighty warriors and potentates had gone before him, who welcome him to their dreary mansion.

27; Isa 1:31; 14:9,10; Lu 16:23,24

gone.

19,24,25; Nu 16:30-34; Ps 9:17; 55:15; Pr 14:32

24,26,29,30; 31:3-18; Nu 24:24; Ps 83:8-10

Assur.

Isa 30:33; 37:36-38; Na 1:7-12; 3:1-19

graves.The niches in the sides of the subterranean burying places.

26:20; Isa 14:15

which.

24-27,32; 26:17,20; Isa 14:16; 51:12,13

terror. or, dismaying. the land.

26:20; Job 28:13; Ps 27:13; 116:9; 142:5; Isa 38:11; Jer 11:19

Elam.

Ge 10:22; 14:1; 1Ch 1:17; Jer 25:25; 49:34-39; Da 8:2

which are.

18,21; 26:20

which caused.

borne.

25,30; 16:52,54; 34:29; 36:6,7,15; 39:26; 44:13; Jer 3:24,25

Hab 2:16

set her.

Ps 139:8; Re 2:22

a bed.A cell, or bier, in the sepulchral vault, in which the corpse was deposited.

all of them.

19,21; 44:7,9; 2Sa 1:20; 1Ch 10:4; Ac 7:51

though.

Lu 12:4,5

Meshech.Supposed to be the Moschi, a people between Iberia and Armenia, from whom, probably the Muscovites are descended.

27:13; 38:2,3; 39:1; Ge 10:2,12; 1Ch 1:5

Tubal.Probably the Tibarenians, a people of Pontus, west of the Moschians.

all of.

19,20,24

caused.

23,27,32

shall not.

21; Job 3:13-15; Isa 14:18,19

to hell.That is, to the grave; and are buried in their armour, with their weapons lying by their sides, as was a very ancient practice in various nations.

their weapons of war. Heb. weapons of their war.

Isa 54:17; 2Co 10:4

but.

18:20; Job 20:11; Ps 49:14; 92:7,9; 109:18; Pr 14:32; Joh 8:24

Da 2:34,35

Edom.

25:1-17; 35:1-15; Ge 25:30; 36:1-19; Isa 34:1-17; 63:1-6

Jer 49:7-22; Am 1:11,12; Ob 1:1,2-9; Mal 1:3,4

laid. Heb. given, or put.

the princes.The kings of Media, Armenia, and other nations north of Chaldea, or of the Syrians and others north of Judah, with "all the Zidonians," kings of Zidon, Tyre, and other cities of Phoenicia.

38:6,15; 39:2, Jer 25:22

and bear.

24,25

Pharaoh shall.Pharaoh, who said he was a god, shall be found among the dead.

shall be.Shall console himself, when he sees all these mighty nations and proud conquerors in the same condition as himself.

14:22; 31:16; La 2:13

27; Ge 35:5; Job 31:23; Jer 25:15-38; Zep 3:6-8; 2Co 5:11

Heb 10:31; Re 6:15-17