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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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EGYPT
TEXT: Isaiah 19:16-25
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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...
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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...
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19:18 Heres. (h-32) Meaning, 'City of destruction,' or, according to
others, 'City of the sun,' perhaps Heliopolis....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
tran...
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These last verses of Chapter 19 look ahead to some time still in the
future....
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בַּ † יֹּ֣ום הַ ה֡וּא יִהְיוּ֩
חָמֵ֨שׁ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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A PROMISE OF BLESSING...
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THE LANGUAGE:
_ Heb._ the lip
OF DESTRUCTION:
Or, of Heres, or of the sun...
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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...
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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;...
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‘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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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ISAIAH—NOTE ON ISAIAH 19:16 The Lord will eventually restore Egypt
and the nations.
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Deuteronomy 10:20; Genesis 11:1; Isaiah 11:11; Isaiah 19:19; Isa
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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...