Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Isaiah 19:23
Assyria — They who were implacable enemies one to another, and both to the church of God, shall now be reconciled and united together in the service of God, and love to his church. Serve — The Lord.
Assyria — They who were implacable enemies one to another, and both to the church of God, shall now be reconciled and united together in the service of God, and love to his church. Serve — The Lord.
Verse Isaiah 19:23. _SHALL THERE BE A HIGHWAY_] Under the latter kings of Persia, and under Alexander, Egypt, Judea, and Assyria lived peaceably under the same government, and were on such friendly t...
THERE SHALL BE A HIGHWAY - A communication; that is, there shall be an alliance between Egypt and Assyria, as constituting parts of one empire, and as united in the service of the true God. The same f...
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...
IN THAT DAY: i.e. the glorious future, the day of the LORD. Not the same as Isaiah 19:11. highway. See note on Isaiah 7:3....
_a highway_ leading of course through Palestine. The ancient enmity between the two empires is laid aside in consequence of their common acceptance of the religion of Jehovah. EGYPT SHALL SERVE (JEHOV...
The incorporation of Egypt and Assyria in the kingdom of God. On the hypothesis that the prophecy is post-exilic "Assyria" will here denote the power to whom the reversion of the ancient Assyrian Empi...
IN THAT DAY SHALL THERE BE A HIGH WAY— We have here the wonderful consequence of this benefit of divine grace toward the Egyptians, namely, their spiritual alliance with the Assyrians and Israelites,...
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 there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. HIGHWAY OUT OF...
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...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֗וּא תִּהְיֶ֨ה מְסִלָּ֤ה...
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 a highway from (y) Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. (y) By these t...
What a blessed close doth the prophet make of this sweet sermon of prophecy, in the end of the chapter! The gospel church is said to be an highway for the people; and so it is, when the Lord lifts up...
_ISRAEL A UNITING BOND_ ‘In that day there shall be a highway out of Egypt into Assyria.’ Isaiah 19:23 I. IN THE PROPHET’S VIEW THE THREE ANCIENT FOES, EGYPT, ASSYRIA, AND ISRAEL, ARE TO BE FRIENDS...
23._In that day. _The Prophet now foretells that the Lord will diffuse his goodness throughout the whole world; as if he had said, “It will not be shut up in a corner, or exclusively known, as it form...
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 SHALL THERE BE A HIGHWAY OUT OF EGYPT TO ASSYRIA,.... It signifies that there should be peace between them, all hostilities should cease, free trade and commerce with each other should be...
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. Ver. 23. _In tha...
_In that day_, &c. Here the prophet proceeds to show the effect of this benefit of divine grace toward the Egyptians, namely, their spiritual alliance with the Assyrians and Israelites, with a great a...
A PROMISE OF BLESSING...
In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, permitting free and friendly communication, AND THE ASSYRIAN SHALL COME INTO EGYPT AND THE EGYPTIAN INTO ASSYRIA, AND THE EGYPTIANS SHALL...
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...
THE ASSYRIAN SHALL COME INTO EGYPT, AND THE EGYPTIAN INTO ASSYRIA; they who were implacable enemies one to another, and both to the church and people of God, shall now be reconciled and united togethe...
Isaiah 19:23 day H3117 highway H4546 Egypt H4714 Assyria H804 Assyrian H804 come H935 (H8804) Egypt H4714 Egyptian...
‘In that day there will be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian will come to Egypt, and the Egyptian to Assyria, and the Egyptians will worship with the Assyrians.' In Isaiah's day, and...
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...
_In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria_ ISRAEL, EGYPT, AND ASSYRIA Israel is no longer alone God’s people, God’s creation, God’s inheritance, but Egypt and Assyria are ea...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:16 The Lord will eventually restore Egypt and the nations. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:23 THE EGYPTIANS WILL WORSHIP WITH THE ASSYRIANS. A remarkable change in two of Israel’s worst enemies: they too will worship the one true God. The whole world, represented by...
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...
Ephesians 2:18; Ephesians 3:6; Isaiah 11:16; Isaiah 35:8; Isaiah