George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Isaiah 19:7
CHAPTER XIX.
Fountain. The Nile rises in Ethiopia. But the canals alone were left dry. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the achi, every green herb along the river, and every," &c. (Haydock)
CHAPTER XIX.
Fountain. The Nile rises in Ethiopia. But the canals alone were left dry. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "the achi, every green herb along the river, and every," &c. (Haydock)
THE PAPER REEDS - (ערות _‛__ârôt_). This is not the word which occurs in Isaiah 18:2, and which, it is supposed, means there the papyrus (see the note on that place). Interpreters have been divided...
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...
PAPER REEDS. meadows. Occurs only here. WITHER. be dried up. and be no more: or, and disappear....
The material and industrial ruin of Egypt....
_The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks_ Usually rendered as in R.V., "The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile." The word for "meadows," which does not occur again, is sup...
AND THE WATERS SHALL FAIL— These verses should be rendered thus: _And the waters shall fail from the sea,_ [from the _Nile,_ which is frequently, both in Scripture, and in profane writers, termed the...
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...
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more. THE PAPER REEDS, [`aarowt] - or else grassy pastures; li...
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...
RV 'The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile,' etc....
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...
עָרֹ֥ות עַל ־יְאֹ֖ור עַל ־פִּ֣י יְאֹ֑ור וְ
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...
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the (g) mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more]. (g) The Hebrew word is mouth, by which they mean the...
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...
7._And the reed and the rush shall wither. _He mentions _the reed _and _the rush, _because they had abundance of them, and employed them for various purposes; or, it may be thought to mean that the ma...
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...
THE PAPER REEDS BY THE BROOKS, BY THE MOUTH OF THE BROOKS,.... Not at the fountain or origin of the Nile and its streams, but by the sides thereof; on the banks of which grew a reed or rush, called by...
The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no [more]. Ver. 7. _The paper reeds by the brooks,_] _i.e., _ By th...
_The waters shall fail from the sea_, &c. The river Nile shall cease to pour its usual quantity of water into the sea, _being wasted and dried up_, as it follows. “Tremellius,” says Lowth, “shows out...
A THREAT OF DESTRUCTION...
The paper-reeds by the brooks, literally, "the naked places," the meadows on the Nile, BY THE MOUTH OF THE BROOKS, along the banks of the river, AND EVERYTHING SOWN BY THE BROOKS, the grain-fields alo...
AND BE NO MORE: _ Heb._ and shall not be...
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 PAPER REEDS; which by a needle, or other fit instrument, were divided into thin and broad leaves, which being dried and fitted, were used at that time for writing, as our paper is; and consequentl...
Isaiah 19:7 reeds H6169 River H2975 mouth H6310 River H2975 sown H4218 River H2975 wither H3001 (H8799) away...
‘The meadows by the Nile, by the brink of the Nile, and all that is sown by the Nile, will become dry, be driven away and be no more. The fishermen also will lament, and all those who cast hook into t...
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 19:5 Egypt’s primary natural resource and economic base was the NILE. ⇐...
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...
Ezekiel 19:13; Isaiah 32:20; Jeremiah 14:4; Joel 1:17; Joel 1:18...
Paper — reeds — These by a needle, or other fit instrument, were divided into thin and broad leaves, which being dried and fitted, were used at that time for writing; and consequently was a very good...