Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Isaiah 19:10
Thereof, i.e. of Egypt, or of the Egyptians. They shall lose their ends and hopes; for the fishes in them shall die for want of water.
Thereof, i.e. of Egypt, or of the Egyptians. They shall lose their ends and hopes; for the fishes in them shall die for want of water.
Verse Isaiah 19:10. _AND THEY SHALL BE BROKEN_, c. - "Her stores"] שתתיה _shathotheyha_, αποθηκαι, _granaries_. - _Aquila_. _ALL THAT MAKE SLUICES AND PONDS FOR FISH_ - "All that make a gain of pool...
AND THEY SHALL BE BROKEN - There has been a great variety of opinion in regard to the interpretation of this verse, and much difficulty in the construction of the Hebrew words. The Vulgate renders it,...
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...
PURPOSES: or, foundations. Compare Psalms 11:3. MAKE SLUICES. FISH: or, work for wages shall be grieved in soul. FISH. souls Hebrew. _nephesh,_ App-13. margin, "living things"....
Translate as R.V. AND HER PILLARS SHALL BE BROKEN IN PIECES, ALL THEY THAT WORK FOR HIRE SHALL BE GRIEVED IN SOUL. The expressions, however, are very obscure, and the sense is doubtful. The word for ...
The material and industrial ruin of Egypt....
THE FISHERS ALSO SHALL MOURN— The prophet here sets forth the common and universal grief of the Egyptian nation, upon the calamity above described. The 10th verse should be rendered, _And their stamin...
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...
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish. THEY SHALL BE BROKEN IN THE PURPOSES THEREOF - i:e., of Egypt (the Hebrew suffix is feminine). Hebrew, sh...
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 '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)....
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 הָי֥וּ שָׁתֹתֶ֖יהָ מְדֻכָּאִ֑ים כָּל ־עֹ֥שֵׂי...
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...
_All they. Septuagint, "and all who make strong drink ( secer) shall be in sorrow, and shall afflict their souls." (Haydock) --- This version is perhaps the best, as the Egyptians used much ale or win...
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...
10._And all that make ponds. _As to the word שכר, (_secher,_) there is no absolute necessity, in my opinion, for translating it _a net; _for the derivation shews it, on the contrary, to denote a lucra...
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 THEY SHALL BE BROKEN IN THE PURPOSES THEREOF,.... Meaning either the persons that work in flax, or in making nets; who shall be disappointed in their views, expectations, and designs, in bringing...
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices [and] ponds for fish. Ver. 10. _And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof._] Heb., In the foundations, as Psalms 11:3. P...
_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...
And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof, all that make sluices and ponds for fish, literally, "and shall be her foundations ruins, all laborers for hire swamps of the soul," that is, the uppe...
PURPOSES: _ Heb._ foundations FOR FISH: _ Heb._ of living things...
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...
Isaiah 19:10 foundations H8356 broken H1792 (H8794) make H6213 (H8802) wages H7938 troubled H99 soul...
‘Moreover those who work in combed flax, and those who weave white cloth (or ‘cotton') will be ashamed. And her pillars will be broken in pieces, and all those who work for hire will be grieved in sou...
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...
Deuteronomy 11:10; Exodus 7:19; Exodus 8:5...
Thereof — Of Egypt, or of the Egyptians. They shall lose their hopes; for the fishes in them shall die for want of water....