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Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 18 - Introduction

God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians. An access thereby shall grow unto the church.

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See also Isaiah 18 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    ‘The eighteenth chapter of Isaiah,’ says bishop Horsley, ‘is one of the most obscure passages of the ancient prophets. It has been considered as such by the whole succession of interpreters from Jerom...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    A prophetic charge to the Ethiopian Ambassadors The theme of this striking prophecy is, like that of the preceding, the impending overthrow of the Assyrian power; its peculiar dramatic form is explai...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 18 This chapter is a prophecy of the desolation of a land or country, described by the wings with which it was shaded, and by the rivers by which it was situated, Isaiah 18:1 b...

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

    _A.M. 3290. B.C. 714._ The prophecy contained in this chapter, says Bishop Lowth, “is one of the most obscure in the whole book of Isaiah. The subject of it, the end and design of it, the people to w...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    * Judgments upon Egypt. (1-17) Its deliverance, and the conversion of the people. (18-25)...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 18 AMBASSADORS COME FROM CUSH AND EGYPT. Prior to his burden in respect of Egypt (Isaiah 19:1) Isaiah's thought now turn towards that land. This was the result of Cushite ambassadors arriving...

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