In the year that Tartan, the commander-in-chief of the Assyrian armies, 2 Kings 18:17, CAME UNTO ASHDOD, one of the cities of Philistia which had revolted against the Assyrian supremacy (when Sargon, the king of Assyria, who succeeded Shalmaneser at just about the time when Samaria was taken by the... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYMBOL OF EGYPT'S AND ETHIOPIA'S FALL.... [ Continue Reading ]
at the same time spake the Lord by Isaiah, the son of Amoz, in the year when the siege of Ashdod began, SAYING, GO AND LOOSE THE SACKCLOTH, the loose outer garment of coarse cloth which Isaiah wore, FROM OFF THY LOINS AND PUT OFF THY SHOE FROM THY FOOT. AND HE DID SO, WALKING NAKED, that is, with on... [ Continue Reading ]
And the Lord said, Like as My servant Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years, to bring home with great emphasis the lesson which the Lord wished to convey, FOR A SIGN AND WONDER UPON EGYPT AND UPON ETHIOPIA, for a portentous type against the double kingdom,... [ Continue Reading ]
so shall the king of Assyria lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, as foretold by the symbolic act of Isaiah, EVEN WITH THEIR BUTTOCKS UNCOVERED, as a sign of extreme disgrace, 2 Samuel 10:4, TO THE SHAME OF EGYPT.... [ Continue Reading ]
And they, the inhabitants of Palestine, also the Jews, who looked to Egypt as a possible ally against Assyria, SHALL BE AFRAID AND ASHAMED OF ETHIOPIA, THEIR EXPECTATION, finding themselves disappointed in their hopes of help from this quarter, AND OF EGYPT, THEIR GLORY, of whose power they had boas... [ Continue Reading ]
And the inhabitants of this isle, of the coastal country along the Mediterranean, including Philistia, Phenicia, and the kingdom of Judah, SHALL SAY IN THAT DAY, BEHOLD, SUCH IS OUR EXPECTATION, WHITHER WE FLEE FOR HELP TO BE DELIVERED FROM THE KING OF ASSYRIA, that is, such was the lot of those to... [ Continue Reading ]