Isa 19 | TSK | STEP | The confusion of Egypt. The foolishness of their princes. The calling of Egypt into the church. The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel. Egypt. rideth. the idols. the heart.

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

that day.

19,21; 2:11; Zec 2:11

shall five.

11:11; 27:13; Ps 68:31

speak.

Zep 3:9

language. Heb. lip.

Ge 11:1

and swear.

45:23,24; De 10:20; Ne 10:29; Jer 12:16

destruction. Heb. Heres, or, the sun.Instead of {heres,} "destruction," which is also the reading of Aquila, Theodotion, and the Syriac, fifteen MSS. and seven editions have {cheres,} "the sun;" agreeable to Symmachus, the Arabic, and Vulagte; while the Chaldee takes in both readings; and the LXX. reads [polis asedek,] "the city of righteousness," a name apparently contrived by the party of Onias, to give credit to his temple. As, however, {heres} in Arabic signifies a lion, Conrad Ikenius is of opinion that the place here mentioned is not Heliopolis, as is commonly supposed, but Leontopolis in the Heliopolitan nome, as it is termed in the letter of Onias to Ptolemy. The whole passage, from this verse to the end, contains a general intimation of the propagation of the knowledge of the true God in Egypt and Syria, under the successors of Alexander, and the early reception of the gospel in the same countries.

66:23; Ge 12:7; 28:18; Ex 24:4; Jos 22:10,26; Zec 6:15; Heb 13:10

for a.

55:13; Jos 4:20,21; 22:27,28,34; 24:26,27

they shall.

4; 20:4; 52:5; Ex 2:23; 3:7; 2Ki 13:4,5; Ps 50:15; Jas 5:4

he shall send.

37:36; 45:21,22; Lu 2:11; Tit 2:13

Lord shall.

11:9; 37:20; 55:5; 1Sa 17:46; 1Ki 8:43; Ps 67:2; 98:2,3; Hab 2:14

Joh 17:3; Ga 4:8,9

and shall.

Zep 3:10; Mal 1:11; Joh 4:21-24; Ro 15:27,28; 1Pe 2:5,9