Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Isaiah 19:16
Verse Isaiah 19:16. Shall Egypt be - "The Egyptians shall be"] יהיו yihyu, they shall be, plural, MS. Bodl. Septuagint, and Chaldee. This is not proposed as an emendation, for either form is proper.
Verse Isaiah 19:16. Shall Egypt be - "The Egyptians shall be"] יהיו yihyu, they shall be, plural, MS. Bodl. Septuagint, and Chaldee. This is not proposed as an emendation, for either form is proper.
IN THAT DAY SHALL EGYPT BE LIKE UNTO WOMEN - Timid; fearful; alarmed. The Hebrews often, by this comparison, express great fear and consternation Jeremiah 51:30; Nahum 3:13. BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING OF...
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...
IN THAT DAY: i.e. the day when this burden should be fulfilled (not "the day of the Lord "). Note the six steps, verses: Isaiah 19:16; Isaiah 19:18; Isaiah 19:19, Isa 16:21, Isa 16:23, Isa 16:24. THE...
The terror of Jehovah on the Egyptians. There is an allusion to the effect of the plagues in the time of the Exodus. See Exodus 10:7; Exodus 11:3; Exodus 12:33; Exodus
_like unto women_ timid and faint-hearted (Nahum 3:13). _be afraid_ Better, TREMBLE, as R.V. _the shaking_(or "swinging") _of the hand … which he shaketh_ i.e. the repeated blows with which he smites...
IN THAT DAY SHALL EGYPT BE LIKE UNTO WOMEN— The cowardice and effeminacy of the people in general, joined with their fear and trepidation, is here set forth as the other cause of their calamity; and t...
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 Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. IN THAT DAY SHALL EGYPT BE LIKE UNTO...
IN THAT DAY] the Day of God's judgment....
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...
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 ה֔וּא יִֽהְיֶ֥ה מִצְרַ֖יִם...
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 these verses the subject of lamentation is carried on, under various descriptions, and all corresponding to denote the burden of Egypt. Their senators and wise men became unable to guide the helm o...
16._In that day shall Egypt be like women. _He again repeats what he had formerly said, that the Egyptians will have nothing that is manly. Some think that he alludes to an effeminate custom, on accou...
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 EGYPT BE LIKE UNTO WOMEN,.... Weak and feeble, as the Targum; fearful and timorous, even their military force; and devoid of wisdom, even their princes and nobles: AND IT SHALL BE A...
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. Ver. 16. _In that day shall Egypt be lik...
_In that day shall Egypt be like unto women_ Feeble and fearful, as it follows. The cowardice and effeminacy of the people in general, joined with their fear and trepidation, are here set forth as a s...
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women, on account of the greater timidity which usually characterizes the weaker sex; AND IT SHALL BE AFRAID AND FEAR BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING OF THE HAND OF THE LOR...
A PROMISE OF BLESSING...
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...
LIKE UNTO WOMEN; feeble and fearful, as it follows. BECAUSE OF THE SHAKING OF THE HAND OF THE LORD OF HOSTS; because they shall perceive that they do not fight with men only, but with the Lord of host...
Isaiah 19:16 day H3117 Egypt H4714 women H802 afraid H2729 (H8804) fear H6342 (H8804) because H6440 waving...
‘In that day will Egypt be like a woman, and it will tremble and fear because of the shaking of the hand of Yahweh of hosts, which he shakes over it. And the land of Judah will become a terror to Egyp...
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 19:16 The Lord will eventually restore Egypt and the nations. ⇐ ⇔...
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...
Isaiah 10:32; Isaiah 11:15; Isaiah 30:17; Isaiah 30:30; Jeremiah
Women — Feeble and fearful. Because — Because they shall perceive that they do not fight with men only, but with the Lord of hosts, who now lifts up his hand against them, as he did against their fore...