And the inhabitant of this (g) isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, where we fled for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape?
(g) Meaning Judea which was encompassed by their enemies as an isle with waters.
AND THE INHABITANT - The dwellers generally. OF THIS ISLE - The word אי _'iy_ “isle” is used here in the sense of “coast, or maritime” country, and is evidently applied to Palestine, or the land of Ca...
CHAPTER 20 The Near-Punishment of Egypt by Assyria 1. _Isaiah walks naked and barefooted (Isaiah 20:1)_ 2. _The meaning of his action (Isaiah 20:3)_ 3. _Egypt punished by Assyria (Isaiah 20:4) _ A st...
ISAIAH 20. THE SIGN OF EGYPT'S OVERTHROW. The year in which the Assyrian Tartan, or commander-in-chief, came to Ashdod was 711. This city had been in negotiation with Egypt against Assyria, and so too...
ISLE. sea coast, or coast land. See note on Isaiah 11:11...
_this isle_ strictly: THIS COASTLAND (as R.V.). The expression is most accurately descriptive of the Philistine country; but must include Judah. Isaiah did not go three years naked and barefoot for th...
The effect which the sight of these miserable gangs of captives will produce on the inhabitants of Palestine. This is the real motive of the prophecy. Hezekiah probably took the warning. _they shall...
AND THEY SHALL BE AFRAID, &C.— We have, in these words, the consequence of the divine judgment upon the Egyptians and Cushites; and the scope of the prophesy, namely, to convince the inhabitants of Pa...
CHAPTER TWENTY 4. EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA TEXT: Isaiah 20:1-6 1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, when Sargon the king of Assyria sent him, and he fought against Ashdod and took it; 2 at that...
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? THE INHABITANT OF...
20:6 coast (b-6) i.e. Palestine....
EGYPT'S CAPTIVITY SYMBOLISED This chapter is assigned in the title to the time when Sargon besieged Ashdod (711 b.c.). The Philistine city was at that time the centre of revolt. Sargon interposed and...
ISLE] RV 'coast-land,' referring especially to Philistia, which had been foremost in the revolt against Assyria. FLEE] RV 'fled.'...
God’s people can now see for themselves that to depend on political agreements is hopeless. Only the *Lord can save them. EMPEROR ~ royal ruler over an empire. EMPIRE ~ group of many countries that a...
ISAIAH: GOD CONTROLS THE NATIONS GOD’S PLANS FOR JUDAH, ASSYRIA AND EGYPT ISAIAH CHAPTER S 10 TO 20 _NORMAN HILLYER_ CHAPTER 20 ISAIAH HIMSELF WILL BE A SIGN TO EGYPT AND CUSH V1 Sargon, *empe...
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BOOK 3 PROPHECIES FROM THE ACCESSION OF HEZEKIAH TO THE DEATH OF SARGON 727-705 B.C. THE prophecies with which we have been engaged (Chapter s 2-10:4) fall either before or during the great Assyrian...
CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24; Isaiah 15:1; Isaiah 16:1; Isaiah 17:1;...
CHAPTER XI DRIFTING TO EGYPT 720-705 13. B.C. Isaiah 20:1; Isaiah 21:1; Isaiah 38:1; Isaiah 39:1 FROM 720, when chapter 11 m
Yet the prophet sees hope even for Egypt. He describes the process. The result of the judgment will be fear, and in the case of a part of Egypt at least this will issue in submission to Jehovah. Where...
REFLECTIONS READER! art thou struck with the view of the Prophet becoming a type, as well as a preacher and a prophet in the church of the Lord; and no doubt in the three years walk through the street...
It was gracious in the Lord, to explain the meaning of this typical representation, that no misapplication might be made of it. And while the lesson tended to humble both nations, Egypt and Ethiopia,...
6._Lo, what is become of our expectation? _He calls them _expectation_, or _lurking_, because the Jews turned towards them, whenever they were oppressed by any calamity, and placed their hope in them....
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 THE INHABITANTS OF THIS ISLE SHALL SAY, IN THAT DAY,.... Not of Ashdod, Isaiah 20:1 or the isle of Caphtor, Jeremiah 47:4 but the land of Israel, as both Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it; so called,...
And the inhabitant of this isle shall say in that day, Behold, such [is] our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? Ver. 6. _And the...
_And the Lord_ Who here explains and applies the sign, _said, Like as my servant hath walked naked, &c., three years_ Not constantly, but when he went abroad among the people, to whom this was appoint...
And the inhabitants of this isle, of the coastal country along the Mediterranean, including Philistia, Phenicia, and the kingdom of Judah, SHALL SAY IN THAT DAY, BEHOLD, SUCH IS OUR EXPECTATION, WHITH...
THE SYMBOL OF EGYPT'S AND ETHIOPIA'S FALL....
ISLE: Or, country...
OF THIS ISLE; of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants these words were uttered. For the title of _isles_ or _islands_ in Scripture is frequently given not only to lands encomp...
Isaiah 20:6 inhabitant H3427 (H8802) territory H339 say H559 (H8804) day H3117 such H3541 expectation H4007 flee...
CHAPTER 20 THE CAPTIVITY OF EGYPT AND CUSH. In around 713 BC, continually encouraged by Egypt under her Cushite rulers, the cities of Philistia rebelled against Assyria and sought to embroil Judah, Ed...
‘And they will be dismayed and ashamed, because of Cush their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. And the inhabitant of this coastland will say in that day, “Behold, such is our expectation, where...
CONTENTS: Prophecy of the wasting of Egypt and Ethiopia by Assyria. CHARACTERS: God, Isaiah, Tartan, Sargon. CONCLUSION: Those who make the creature their expectation and glory and so put it in the...
Isaiah 20:1. _Tartan_ is mentioned as the general-in-chief to Sennacherib, when he summoned Jerusalem. 2 Kings 18:17. _Sargon_ is supposed to be one of Sennacherib's names; for kings assumed new names...
EXPOSITION ISAIAH 20:1 A PROPHECY AGAINST EGYPT AND ETHIOPIA. The Assyrian inscriptions enable us to date this prophecy with a near approach to exactness. Ashdod was besieged by an Assyrian army twic...
Now in chapter 20, Isaiah predicts that Assyria is going to waste both Egypt and Ethiopia. In the year that Tartan (Isaiah 20:1) Which is the title which means the commander in chief. Tartan, the co...
1 Thessalonians 5:3; Hebrews 2:3; Isaiah 28:17; Isaiah 30:15; I
Of the country — Of this land, in which the prophet was, and to whose inhabitants, these words were uttered. Such — So vain is our hope placed upon such a people as are unable to deliver themselves....