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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:9

Moreover they that work in fine flax ,.... Of which they made fine linen cloth, and yarn, and was much wore by the Egyptians, and was the commodity of the country, and for which other nations traded with them, 1 Kings 10:28 but now would have no flax to work, that being withered and gone which was sown by the sides of the brooks, Isaiah 19:7 and no linen cloth or yarn to sell, and consequently in great confusion and distress, as they are here represented F12 שריקות is by us... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:10

And they shall be broken in the purposes thereof ,.... Meaning either the persons that work in flax, or in making nets; who shall be disappointed in their views, expectations, and designs, in bringing them to a good market, since there will be no buyers. The word for "purposes" signifies foundations, as in Psalm 11:3 and may design dams and banks, that are made to keep in the water, which shall be broken down, and be of no service to answer the end; but Kimchi observes, that the word in... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:11

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools ,.... Zoan was a very ancient city of Egypt, it was built within seven years of Hebron in the land of Judah, Numbers 13:22 here it was that the Lord did those miracles, by the hands of Moses and Aaron, before Pharaoh and his people, in order to oblige him to let Israel go, Psalm 78:12 by which it appears that it was then the royal city, as it seems to have been now; since mention is made of the princes of it, who usually have their residence where... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:12

Where are they? where are thy wise men ?.... The magicians and soothsayers, the diviners and astrologers, who pretended, by their magic art and skill in judicial astrology, to foretell things to come: this is an address to the king of Egypt, who had such persons about him, and encouraged them, by consulting them on occasion, and rewarding them: and let them tell thee now, and let them know what the Lord of hosts hath purposed upon Egypt ; or, "against it"; let them tell, if they... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan are become fools ,.... Or infatuated, in their counsels to Pharaoh, and by giving heed to the magicians and diviners; See Gill on Isaiah 19:11 , the princes of Noph are deceived ; called Moph, in Hosea 9:6 where our translation renders it Memphis; and so do the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions here; the Arabic version has it Menphis; the Syriac version Mophis; and the Targum Mephes; the city of Memphis is no doubt intended, which was the chief of the first of... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:14

The Lord hath mingled a perverse spirit in the midst thereof ,.... A spirit of error, as the Targum, Septuagint, and Arabic versions; or of giddiness, as the Vulgate Latin: this he mingled in a cup for them, and poured it out, and gave them it to drink; and an intoxicating cup it was, such as men are made drunk with; to which the allusion is, as the last clause of the verse shows; so that the infatuation and want of wisdom in their counsels were from the Lord; who, because of the vain boasts... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:15

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt ,.... No trade or business to carry on; their rivers being dried up, there was no flax to work with, and fine linen was a principal commodity of Egypt; nor any fish to catch, or rushes to make paper of, as before observed: or it would not be in the power of their hands to deliver themselves from the Assyrians that should come against them; and that they should be deprived of wisdom and counsel, and be at their wits' end, not knowing what to do, or... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:16

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 afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it : which the Lord may be said to do, when he lifts up his rod, and holds it over a people, and threatens them with ruin and destruction; perhaps this may refer to what was done in Judea by... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:17

And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt ,.... Not by reason of war breaking out between them, they being in strict alliance with each other at this time; but on account of what they should hear had befallen the land of Judea, and the cities of it, by the invasion of Sennacherib's army, which had taken and laid them waste; the tidings of which being brought them a panic would seize them, fearing that they should next fall a sacrifice to them, because of their alliance with them,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:18

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, that the former calamities would come upon them; but of some time after that; and not of Egypt, spiritual or mystical, that is, Rome, or the antichristian jurisdiction, so called, Revelation 11:8 and of the five kingdoms that should revolt from it at the Reformation, as Cocceius thinks; who... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:12

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:15

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:18

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