Isaiah 19:1-15
A THREAT OF DESTRUCTION... [ Continue Reading ]
A THREAT OF DESTRUCTION... [ Continue Reading ]
The burden of Egypt, including both Lower and Upper Egypt: BEHOLD, THE LORD RIDETH UPON A SWIFT CLOUD, coming on light clouds as His chariots, in order to pass sentence, AND SHALL COME INTO EGYPT; AND THE IDOLS OF EGYPT SHALL BE MOVED AT HIS PRESENCE, trembling with terror at their approaching fall... [ Continue Reading ]
And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, inciting them to civil war and anarchy such as we are told of by secular historians; AND THEY SHALL FIGHT EVERY ONE AGAINST HIS BROTHER AND EVERY ONE AGAINST HIS NEIGHBOR; CITY AGAINST CITY AND KINGDOM AGAINST KINGDOM. All this was fulfilled at the... [ Continue Reading ]
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof, so that the courage of the Egyptians would, literally, "be emptied out"; AND I WILL DESTROY THE COUNSEL THEREOF, swallowing all their plans, so that the rulers would be helpless in the situation; AND THEY SHALL SEEK TO THE IDOLS, appealing to... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord, the reference being either to one of their own tyrannical rulers or to the Assyrian conquerors; AND A FIERCE KING SHALL RULE OVER THEM, SAITH THE LORD, THE LORD OF HOSTS. Three Pharaohs, namely, Psammetichus, Necho, and Hophra, oppres... [ Continue Reading ]
And the waters shall fail from the sea, the Nile itself being so called on account of its great width at the time of its annual overflow, which, however, would not take place now, AND THE RIVER SHALL BE WASTED AND DRIED UP, this condition being a calamity for Egypt, since it depended entirely upon i... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall turn the rivers far away, rather, "and the rivers shall produce a stench," being reduced to stagnating pools; AND THE BROOKS OF DEFENSE SHALL BE EMPTIED AND DRIED UP, that is, the canals of the Nile, especially in its delta and in the irrigation systems, would carry no more water; THE... [ Continue Reading ]
The paper-reeds by the brooks, literally, "the naked places," the meadows on the Nile, BY THE MOUTH OF THE BROOKS, along the banks of the river, AND EVERYTHING SOWN BY THE BROOKS, the grain-fields along the very edge of the Nile, SHALL WITHER, be driven away, scattered by the wind in the form of dus... [ Continue Reading ]
The fishers also shall mourn, because they would be thrown out of employment, AND ALL THEY THAT CAST ANGLE INTO THE BROOKS, that is, the Nile, SHALL LAMENT, AND THEY THAT SPREAD NETS UPON THE WATERS SHALL LANGUISH, since the rich fisheries of the Nile would no longer exist.... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover, they that work in fine flax, and they that weave networks, white cotton cloth, SHALL BE CONFOUNDED, since neither flax nor cotton would grow, and this important industry would thus be made impossible.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish, literally, "and shall be her foundations ruins, all laborers for hire swamps of the soul," that is, the upper castes of the nation would lose their power, and the poorest people of the country would give way... [ Continue Reading ]
Surely the princes of Zoan, or Tanis, a city of Lower Egypt, at one time the capital of the country, ARE FOOLS, THE COUNSEL OF THE WISE COUNSELORS OF PHARAOH IS BECOME BRUTISH, the priestly counselors of the Egyptian king had lost all their wisdom. HOW SAY YE UNTO PHARAOH, I AM THE SON OF THE WISE,... [ Continue Reading ]
Where are they? Where are thy wise men? And, let them tell thee now, in a certain prophecy, AND LET THEM KNOW WHAT THE LORD OF HOSTS HATH PURPOSED UPON EGYPT. But the challenge remains unanswered.... [ Continue Reading ]
The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph, of Memphis, on the western bank of the Nile, capital of Lower Egypt, ARE DECEIVED; THEY HAVE ALSO SEDUCED EGYPT, led its people astray by their false claims and foolish counsel, EVEN THEY THAT ARE THE STAY OF THE TRIBES THEREOF, upon whom th... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof, for the false wisdom of the leading castes acted like a spirit of intoxication; AND THEY HAVE CAUSED EGYPT TO ERR IN EVERY WORK THEREOF, AS A DRUNKEN MAN STAGGERETH IN HIS VOMIT, unable to find his way out.... [ Continue Reading ]
Neither shall there be any work for Egypt which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do, that is, no person in Egypt, whether of the ruling or of the serving class, whether lofty or humble, will be able to do anything to stop the general destruction. Such is the effect of the Lord's judgment upon E... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women, on account of the greater timidity which usually characterizes the weaker sex; AND IT SHALL BE AFRAID AND FEAR BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING OF THE HAND OF THE LORD OF HOSTS WHICH HE SHAKETH OVER IT, His judgments and punishments thus being scattered by means of... [ Continue Reading ]
A PROMISE OF BLESSING... [ Continue Reading ]
And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, either because the mere mention of the name struck terror to their hearts at this time, or because Judah was now allied with Assyria against the king of Egypt, EVERY ONE THAT MAKETH MENTION THEREOF, namely, of Judah, SHALL BE AFRAID IN HIMSELF BECA... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, that is, accept the true, revealed religion, AND SWEAR TO THE LORD OF HOSTS, pledging themselves to Him with a sacred oath; ONE SHALL BE CALLED THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION, literally, "Ir-ha-heres," which may have been the... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof, probably an obelisk, TO THE LORD. The reference is either to the establishment of the religion of Jehovah in Egypt in the second century before Christ, when Alexandria became the ce... [ Continue Reading ]
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt, so that their contemporaries could see the evidence of their worship and their descendants have this proof of their religion; FOR THEY SHALL CRY UNTO THE LORD BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESSORS, AND HE SHALL SEND THEM A... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the Lord in that day, namely, when Jehovah would visit Egypt in mercy and cause the truth to be proclaimed to its people, AND SHALL DO SACRIFICE AND OBLATION, perform the acts of true worship to the only God; YEA, THEY SHALL VOW A VO... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord shall smite Egypt, in order to bring its people to repentance; HE SHALL SMITE AND HEAL IT, for His purpose is always one of mercy; AND THEY SHALL RETURN EVEN TO THE LORD, His punishment having taken the right effect, AND HE SHALL BE INTREATED OF THEM AND SHALL HEAL THEM. Cf Leviticus 26... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, permitting free and friendly communication, AND THE ASSYRIAN SHALL COME INTO EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN INTO ASSYRIA, AND THE EGYPTIANS SHALL SERVE WITH THE ASSYRIANS, proselytes and Jews from both countries meeting at Jerusalem and elsewhere... [ Continue Reading ]
In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, the believers of the three countries being joined by the one faith, EVEN A BLESSING IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND, since blessings would go forth from them to the inhabitants of other countries all over the world;... [ Continue Reading ]
whom the Lord of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt, My people, admitted to all the spiritual privileges formerly held by Israel alone, AND ASSYRIA, THE WORK OF MY HANDS, His workmanship in the spiritual sense, AND ISRAEL, MINE INHERITANCE, still designated thus as the actual son of the hou... [ Continue Reading ]