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Isaiah 19:5

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 irrigation.

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See also Isaiah 19:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Isaiah 19:5. _THE RIVER SHALL BE WASTED AND DRIED UP._] The Nile shall not overflow its banks; and if no inundation, the land must become barren. For, as there is little or no rain in Egypt, its...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    AND THE WATERS SHALL FAIL - Here commences a description of the “physical” calamities that would come upon the land, which continues to Isaiah 19:10. The previous verses contained an account of the na...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 19 The Burden of Egypt 1. _The judgment announced (Isaiah 19:1)_ 2. _Egypt blest with Israel in the last days (Isaiah 19:16) _ Egypt has passed through many judgments. Hundreds of years after...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    ISAIAH 19. ORACLE ON EGYPT. This is one of the most difficult Chapter s in the book. It falls into two sections, Isaiah 19:1 and Isaiah 19:18. If Isaiah 19:1 is in the main from Isaiah, it probably re...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    FAIL. be dried up. Hebrew. _nashath._ Occurs only here in "former" portion, and only in Isaiah 41:17 in the "latter" portion. Elsewhere only in Jeremiah 51:30. App-79. THE RIVER: i.e. the Nile....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The material and industrial ruin of Egypt....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    It has been supposed by some that there is a causal connexion between the judgments here threatened and the political calamities described in the first strophe. The loss of a stable and beneficent cen...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THE WATERS SHALL FAIL— These verses should be rendered thus: _And the waters shall fail from the sea,_ [from the _Nile,_ which is frequently, both in Scripture, and in profane writers, termed the...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    CHAPTER NINETEEN 2. EGYPT TEXT: Isaiah 19:1-15 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. THE WATERS SHALL FAIL FROM THE SEA - the Nile. Physical calamities, it is observed in history, often accompany po...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    19:5 sea, (b-8) The word is applied also to a large river; here the Nile....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE JUDGMENT, ON EGYPT A prophecy concerning Egypt, probably belonging to the same period as Isaiah 18, and designed to show the speedy collapse of Egypt's power, on which a strong political party in...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 19 GOD WILL PUNISH EGYPT V1 God gave this special message to Isaiah...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    The Nile has always been vital for the inhabitants of Egypt. The river provides food and trade. Boats carry passengers and goods up and down the river. • Winter rains flow into the Nile from the high...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ נִשְּׁתוּ ־מַ֖יִם מֵֽ הַ יָּ֑ם וְ

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    These two Chapter s (19, 20) contain the burden of Egypt. Its doom is first declared (19: 1-15). Jehovah's advent will result in the destruction of idols, in civil war, in failure in counsel, and in t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And the waters shall (e) fail from the sea, and the rivers shall be wasted and dried up. (e) He shows that the sea and their great river Nile by which they thought themselves most sure, would not be...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Dry. The lakes and the Nile shall not afford sufficient moisture. (Calmet) --- If the Nile rose less than twelve or more than sixteen cubits famine ensued. (Pliny, [Natural History?] xviii. 18.)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is the same subject of national distress for the burden of Egypt, as that of Damascus or Moab, though the end differs: foreign wars, and domestic jealousies are predicted: so that every man's han...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._Then the waters shall fail from the sea. _He follows out the subject which he had already begun, that the fortifications, by which the Egyptians thought that they were admirably defended, will be o...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 THROUGH 23. In Chapter s 19 and 20 Egypt shall be smitten in that day; but Jehovah will heal it. Egypt, Assyria, and Israel shall together be blessed of Je...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE WATERS SHALL FAIL FROM THE SEA,.... Which Kimchi understands figuratively of the destruction of the Egyptians by the king of Assyria, compared to the drying up of the waters of the Nile; and o...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up. Ver. 5. _And the waters shall fail from the sea,_] _i.e., _ Their sea traffic shall be taken from them, to their ve...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _The waters shall fail from the sea_, &c. The river Nile shall cease to pour its usual quantity of water into the sea, _being wasted and dried up_, as it follows. “Tremellius,” says Lowth, “shows out...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-17 God shall come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves. When ungodly men escape danger, they are apt to think themselves secure; but...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    THE WATERS SHALL FAIL FROM THE SEA; which may be understood either, 1. Metaphorically, of the taking away of their dominion or commerce, &c.; or rather, 2. Properly, as may be gathered from the follo...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Isaiah 19:5 waters H4325 fail H5405 (H8738) sea H3220 river H5104 wasted H2717 (H8799) up H3001 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘And the waters will fall from the sea, and the river will be wasted and will become dry, and the rivers will smell. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up, the reeds and rushes will wit...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Burden of Egypt, looking forward, through desolations, to Kingdom blessing with Israel. CHARACTERS: God. CONCLUSION: The barbarous usage which the enemies of God have given His people, eve...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Isaiah 19:4. _A cruel lord._ Such was Nebuchadnezzar; and after him, Cambyses, and other Persian kings. One oppression succeeded another, as illustrated in Daniel 11. Isaiah 19:11. _The princes of Zoa...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:1 The fifth oracle concerns Egypt. Judah turned to Egypt for deliverance from Assyria. God has the power both to judge and to save Egypt, but Judah would rather trust Egypt th...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:5 Egypt’s primary natural resource and economic base was the NILE. ⇐...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION ISAIAH 19:1 THE BURDEN OF EGYPT. It has been doubted whether this prophecy refers to the conquest of Egypt by Piankhi, as related in the monument which he set up at Napata, or to that by E...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now he turns to Egypt. The burden of Egypt. Behold, the LORD rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Ezekiel 30:12; Jeremiah 51:36; Zechariah 10:11; Zechariah 14:18...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The waters — Which may be understood either, Metaphorically, of the taking away of their dominion or commerce, &c. or rather, Properly, as may be gathered from the following words. For as the river Ni...

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