Because of the *Lord’s immense power, false gods and people alike are unable to do anything. To expect *idols or dead persons to tell them what to do is hopeless. In any case, God has forbidden such activity.
Verse Isaiah 19:3. _THEY SHALL SEEK TO THE IDOLS, AND TO THE CHARMERS, AND_ _TO THEM THAT HAVE FAMILIAR SPIRITS, AND TO THE WIZARDS._] _And thei_ _schul asken their symulacres, and their devynouris,...
AND THE SPIRIT OF EGYPT - (see Isaiah 19:1). They shall be exhausted with their long internal contentions and strifes; and seeing no prospect of deliverance, and anxious that the turmoils should end,...
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...
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...
SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9. IDOLS. See note on Isaiah 2:8. CHARMERS. Hebrew. _ittim =_ mutterers. Occurs only here. FAMILIAR SPIRITS. See note on Leviticus 19:31. Reference to Pentateuch ...
The dissolution of the Egyptian nationality by the judicial intervention of Jehovah....
_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," "annih...
AND I WILL SET THE EGYPTIANS AGAINST THE EGYPTIANS— Two principal misfortunes of Egypt, on which the rest depend, are related in this prophesy; the _first,_ a civil war to arise in Egypt, with its con...
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...
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to...
19:3 destroy (a-16) Lit. 'swallow up.'...
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...
וְ נָבְקָ֤ה רֽוּחַ ־מִצְרַ֨יִם֙ בְּ קִרְבֹּ֔ו...
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...
And the (d) spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst of her; and I will destroy her counsel: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to the mediums, and to the wizards. (d) Meaning,...
_Egypt. Septuagint, "of the Egyptians shall be troubled within them." (Haydock) --- Soothsayers. Feeble but too common resource of superstitious people!_...
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...
3._And the spirit of Egypt shall be emptied. _(27) As Isaiah had, a little before, deprived the Egyptians of courage, so he now takes away their understanding, both of which are exceedingly necessary...
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...
AND THE SPIRIT OF EGYPT SHALL FAIL IN THE MIDST THEREOF,.... Meaning not the spirit of valour and courage, that is expressed before, but of wisdom, prudence, and understanding; the wisdom of Egypt, in...
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to t...
_I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians_ Two principal calamities to befall Egypt are foretold in this prophecy; the first of which is here described: civil wars should arise among them. _They...
A THREAT OF DESTRUCTION...
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...
SHALL FAIL: _ Heb._ shall be emptied DESTROY: _ Heb._ swallow up...
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...
THE SPIRIT; either 1. Their courage. But of that he spake ISAIAH 19:1. Or, 2. Their understanding, as it is explained in the next clause; for the word _spirit_ is oft put for the reasonable soul, as...
Isaiah 19:3 spirit H7307 Egypt H4714 fail H1238 (H8738) midst H7130 destroy H1104 (H8762) counsel H6098 consult...
‘And the spirit of Egypt will be made void in its midst, and I will destroy its counsel, and they will seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to those who have familiar spirits, and to the wizard...
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...
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...
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...
TRUE NATIONAL GREATNESS Isaiah 19:1; Isaiah 19:14. _The burden of Egypt, &c._ The prophecies of Isaiah take a wide range, embrace the fortunes of almost every nation, however remote, with whom the Is...
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...
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...
1 Chronicles 10:13; 1 Corinthians 3:19; 1 Corinthians 3:20; 1 Samuel 25:37;...
The spirit — Their courage....