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Isaiah 19:3

the spirit of Egypt shall fail lit. be poured out, cf. Jeremiah 19:7. "Spirit" is here used of intellectual power, as "heart" in Isaiah 19:1 denotes courage.

I will destroy or "swallow up," "annihilate," but see on ch. Isaiah 3:12. In their desperation the Egyptians betake themselves to incantations, a sign in Isaiah's view of hopeless intellectual embarrassment; ch. Isaiah 8:19. The word rendered charmersmeans "mutterers" (of magical spells). For the other expressions employed, see ch. Isaiah 8:19.

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

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  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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