George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 19:20
Them. The Jews were miraculously rescued from the hands of Philopater, (Josephus, contra Apion ii.) or rather Christians are delivered from sin and Satan.
Them. The Jews were miraculously rescued from the hands of Philopater, (Josephus, contra Apion ii.) or rather Christians are delivered from sin and Satan.
AND IT SHALL BE FOR A SIGN - The altar, and the pillar. This shows that the altar was not to be for sacrifice, but was a “memorial,” or designed to designate a place of worship. THEY SHALL CRY TO THE...
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...
Five cities in Egypt will speak Hebrew and swear fealty to Yahweh. One shall be called city of the sun. There will be an altar to Yahweh in Egypt, and an obelisk to Him at its border, which shall witn...
SIGN. See note on Isaiah 7:11....
_for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts_ i.e. a reminder that He has a people in Egypt, and that by their presence the land is consecrated to Him. The process of conversion in this and t...
DISCOURSE: 885 CHRIST A GREAT SAVIOUR Isaiah 19:20. _They shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a Saviour, and a great One, and he shall deliver them_. GOD usually...
FOR THEY SHALL CRY UNTO THE LORD— The prophet here sets forth the causes of this happy change in Egypt, with its immediate effects. The _impulsive_ cause he shews to be their cry to Jehovah, on accoun...
EGYPT TEXT: Isaiah 19:16-25 16 In that day shall the Egyptians be like unto women; and they shall tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which he shaketh over them...
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. -Suffering shall lead to repentance. S...
19:20 defender, (i-39) Or 'great one;' or 'prince.'...
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...
These last verses of Chapter 19 look ahead to some time still in the future....
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...
וְ הָיָ֨ה לְ אֹ֥ות וּ לְ עֵ֛ד...
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 it shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them (u) a saviour, and a great one,...
I beseech the Reader to remark every word in these verses. Let him observe how the sweet promises contained in them open. In that day, namely, the gospel day; the day of Christ, which Abraham, ages ba...
20._And he will send them a Savior. _We cannot serve God unless he first bestow his grace upon us; for no one will dedicate himself to God, till he be drawn by his goodness, and embrace him with all h...
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 IT SHALL BE FOR A SIGN AND FOR A WITNESS UNTO THE LORD OF HOSTS IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... This refers either to what goes before, that the altar and pillar were signs and witnesses that the Lord w...
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one,...
_And it shall be for a sign_ Namely, the altar or pillar, last mentioned; _and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts_ To testify that they own the Lord for their God. _For they shall cry unto the Lord...
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt, so that their contemporaries could see the evidence of their worship and their descendants have this proof of...
A PROMISE OF BLESSING...
18-25 The words, "In that day," do not always refer to the passage just before. At a time which was to come, the Egyptians shall speak the holy language, the Scripture language; not only understand i...
AND IT, the altar or pillar last mentioned, SHALL BE FOR A SIGN AND FOR A WITNESS UNTO THE LORD, to testify that they own the Lord for their God. THEY SHALL CRY UNTO THE LORD BECAUSE OF THE OPPRESSORS...
Isaiah 19:20 sign H226 witness H5707 LORD H3068 hosts H6635 land H776 Egypt H4714 cry H6817 (H8799) LORD...
‘In that day there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to Yahweh, and it will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt. For...
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...
_He shall send them a Saviour and a great one_ A SAVIOUR AND A GREAT ONE The literal coincidences between the promise of a “saviour” and a “great one,” and the titles of Alexander the Great and Ptol...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:16 The Lord will eventually restore Egypt and the nations. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:19 Egypt experiences God’s saving intervention, just as Israel did during the period of the judges. ⇐...
AN ALTAR AND A SAVIOUR FOR EGYPT Isaiah 19:18. _In that day shall five cities, &c._ I. GOD IS ABLE TO RAISE UP MONUMENTS AND TROPHIES OF HIS GRACE IN THE MOST UNLIKELY PLACES (Isaiah 19:18). For the...
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...
2 Kings 13:4; 2 Kings 13:5; Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:7; Isaiah 19:4;...
It — The altar or pillar last mentioned. A witness — To testify that they own the Lord for their God. Cry — Being sorely distressed, they shall turn unto the true God. A great one — A great or mighty...