In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof, probably an obelisk, to the Lord. The reference is either to the establishment of the religion of Jehovah in Egypt in the second century before Christ, when Alexandria became the center of Egyptian Jewry, or, better still, to the foothold which the Christian religion gained in Egypt at a very early date in the new era.
Verse Isaiah 19:19. _AN ALTAR TO THE LORD_] צבאות _tsebaoth_, "of hosts," or _Yehovah tsebaoth_, is added by _eight_ MSS. of good repute, and the _Syriac_ Version....
IN THAT DAY SHALL THERE BE AN ALTAR - An “altar” is properly a place on which sacrifices are offered. According to the Mosaic law, but one great altar was to be erected for sacrifices. But the word ‘a...
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...
AN ALTAR. See App-81. A PILLAR. Probably. boundary pillar. Hebrew. _nazab_. A pillar or monument. Not for worship. AT. close to....
It was to this verse, according to Josephus (and not to Isaiah 19:18), that Onias appealed in support of the legitimacy of his project. The statement is perfectly intelligible; it had never occurred t...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THERE BE AN ALTAR, &C.— In this and the former part of the next verse, we have the second member or article of the general proposition; The discourse rises, as is every where the cas...
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...
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...
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...
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...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא יִֽהְיֶ֤ה מִזְבֵּ֨חַ֙...
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...
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and (t) a pillar at its border to the LORD. (t) There will be evident signs and tokens, that God's religion is there...
Altar. If the Jews were forbidden to have any other than the one at Jerusalem, how can the prophet announce this as a blessing? Onias being excluded from the high priesthood, retired into Egypt, and o...
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...
19._In that day shall there be an altar in the midst of the land of Egypt. _He continues what he had said in the former verse, and states more clearly that the aspect of Egypt will be renewed, because...
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...
IN THAT DAY THERE SHALL BE AN ALTAR TO THE LORD IN THE MIDST OF THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Josephus c, and other Jewish writers d, suppose this to be fulfilled when Onias, the son of Simeon the just, fled...
In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. Ver. 19. _In that day shall there be an altar to the Lord._] A spiri...
_In that day shall there be an altar_ For God's worship; not a Levitical, but a spiritual and evangelical altar, as appears from hence, that the Levitical altar was confined to one place, Deuteronomy...
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...
AN ALTAR for God's worship; not a Levitical, but a spiritual and evangelical altar, as appears from hence, because that was confined to one place, DEUTERONOMY 12:13,14. The _altar_ is put for the wors...
Isaiah 19:19 day H3117 altar H4196 LORD H3068 midst H8432 land H776 Egypt H4714 pillar H4676 LORD H3068 at...
‘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...
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...
Exodus 24:4; Genesis 12:7; Genesis 28:18; Hebrews 13:10; Isaiah 66:23;
An altar — The altar is put for the worship of God, as it is in many places both of the Old and New Testament. And nothing is more common in the prophets than to speak of gospel — worship in the phras...