The five cities probably include Migdol, Tahpanhes, Memphis and Pathros, where *Jews were living (see Jeremiah 44:1). These four cities were near the border with Judah. The ‘City of the Sun’ is a translation of the name of the city called Heliopolis.
Verse Isaiah 19:18. _THE CITY OF DESTRUCTION_ - "The city of the sun"] עיר החרס _ir hacheres_. This passage is attended with much difficulty and obscurity. First, in regard to the true reading. It is...
IN THAT DAY - The word ‘day’ is used in Scripture in a large signification, “as including the whole period under consideration,” or the whole time that is embraced in the scope of a prophecy. In this...
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...
FIVE CITIES. These were probably Heliopolis, Leontopolis, Daphne, Migdol, and Memphis. THE LANGUAGE OF CANAAN: i.e. the Hebrew language, by the multitude of Jews that went thither. DESTRUCTION. The p...
The verse may mean either (1) that an indefinite, but small, number of Egyptian cities shall be converted to the worship of Jehovah and adopt Hebrew as at least their sacred language; or (2) that at a...
IN THAT DAY, &C.— The latter part of this prophesy contains an account of the salutary benefits, temporal as well as spiritual, which God would bestow on Egypt after the above-mentioned calamity. Isai...
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...
19:18 Heres. (h-32) Meaning, 'City of destruction,' or, according to others, 'City of the sun,' perhaps Heliopolis....
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...
FIVE] a small number. LANGUAGE OF CANAAN] Hebrew. SWEAR] i.e. swear allegiance. SHALL BE CALLED] as deserving the name (Isaiah 1:26). CITY OF DESTRUCTION] i.e. Heliopolis, the city of the sun (_Irhach...
בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא יִהְיוּ֩ חָמֵ֨שׁ...
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 five cities in the land of Egypt (q) speak the language of Canaan, and (r) swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of (s) destruction. (q) Will make one confession...
Chanaan. Hebrew. The Israelites had a connection with Egypt, which the prophets often blame, chap. xxx. 2. Ezechias trusted in their aid, when he refused to pay tribute to the Assyrians. Many at that...
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...
18._In that day there shall be five cities. _After having threatened the Egyptians, and at the same time explained the reason of the divine judgment, he comforts them, and promises the mercy of God. H...
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 FIVE CITIES IN THE LAND OF EGYPT,.... Here opens a scene of mercy, a prophecy of good things to the Egyptians in future times; for this is not to be understood of the selfsame time,...
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. Ver. 18. _In that day._] When the gospel...
_In that day_ After that time, as this phrase is often used; that is, in the times of the gospel. This latter part of the prophecy contains an account of the salutary benefits which God would bestow o...
In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, that is, accept the true, revealed religion, AND SWEAR TO THE LORD OF HOSTS, pledging themselves to Him with a sacred o...
A PROMISE OF BLESSING...
THE LANGUAGE: _ Heb._ the lip OF DESTRUCTION: Or, of Heres, or of the sun...
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...
IN THAT DAY; after that time, as this phrase is used, ISAIAH 4:2, ISAIAH 18:7, and oft elsewhere. In the times of the gospel, which are oft noted in the prophets by that very expression. FIVE CITIES;...
Isaiah 19:18 day H3117 five H2568 cities H5892 land H776 Egypt H4714 speak H1696 (H8764) language H8193 Canaan...
‘In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of hosts. One will be called ‘the city of destruction'. When related to Egypt the num...
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...
_The language of Canaan_ CONVERTING GRACE Converting grace by changing the heart, changeth the language; for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. (_M. Henry._) THE LANGUAGE OF CANAA...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:16 The Lord will eventually restore Egypt and the nations. ⇐ ⇔...
ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:18 Isaiah envisions faith in God spreading from FIVE CITIES in Egypt through that entire nation (v. Isaiah 19:19) to the entire world (v....
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...
Deuteronomy 10:20; Genesis 11:1; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 19:19; Isa
In that day — After that time. In the times of the gospel. Five — A considerable number of their chief cities: a certain number being put for an uncertain. Speak — Profess the Jewish religion, agree w...