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 Judah in Hezekiah's reign had placed their hopes (see Intro.). Sargon defeated the Egyptians at Rap... [ Continue Reading ]
BURDEN] see on Isaiah 13:1. RIDETH] cp. Psalms 18:9; Psalms 18:10. The strength of Egypt is broken at Jehovah's approach.... [ Continue Reading ]
Civil war rages between the petty princes of lower Egypt.... [ Continue Reading ]
The Assyrian monarch Sargon may be the cruel lord in the prophet's thoughts; he defeated the Egyptians more than once (720, 711, b.c.).... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'And the rivers shall stink; the streams of Egypt shall be minished and dried up.'... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile,' etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
With the failure of the river the occupation of the fishermen will be gone. BROOKS] RV 'Nile.'... [ Continue Reading ]
NETWORKS] RV 'white cloth.'... [ Continue Reading ]
RV 'And her pillars shall be broken in pieces, all they that work for hire shall be grieved in soul.' PILLARS] i.e. the foundations of society (Psalms 11:3), or principal men (Galatians 2:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
ZOAN] or Tanis, in the Delta.... [ Continue Reading ]
The first proof of their folly; they cannot foresee the future.... [ Continue Reading ]
A. second proof, by ill-judged counsel they have brought about disaster. NOPH] i.e. Memphis, a chief city of Lower Egypt. STAY] RV 'corner stone': cp. Zechariah 10:4.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRANCH] RV 'palm branch': cp. Zechariah 9:14 the expressions in the v. are figurative of all classes of society.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THAT DAY] the Day of God's judgment.... [ Continue Reading ]
Egypt is filled with terror at the mention of Judah, because of Judah's God.... [ Continue Reading ]
FIVE] a small number. LANGUAGE OF CANAAN] Hebrew. SWEAR] i.e. swear allegiance. SHALL BE CALLED] as deserving the name (Isaiah 1:26). CITY OF DESTRUCTION] i.e. Heliopolis, the city of the sun (_Irhacheres_), but by a slight change in one letter (_Irhaheres_), the prophet symbolically indicates its... [ Continue Reading ]
There will be visible signs of Egypt's allegiance to Jehovah. PILLAR] or obelisk, such as were common in Egypt; the mark of a holy place. 20-22. Isaiah loots forward to a time when, instead of Egypt exercising an evil influence over the destiny of Judah, Judah shall be the means of spiritual blessi... [ Continue Reading ]