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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

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 Esarhaddon, of which we gain our knowledge from the inscriptions of his son, Asshur-bani-pal. In the former case, we must suppose it written as early as B.C. 735; in the latter, its date might be as late as B.C. 690. The division of Egypt, "kingdom against kingdom," is a circumstance rather in favor of the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

Egypt's punishment, a proof both of God's song-suffering and of His inexorable justice. The punishment of Egypt by the Assyrian conquest, on which the prophet enlarges in this chapter, may be regarded in a double light. I. AS STRONGLY EXHIBITING THE LONG - SUFFERING AND MERCY OF GOD . 1. Consider the long persistence of Egypt in sins of various kinds—idolatry, king-worship, practice of magic, kidnapping of slaves, cruel usage of captives, impurity, indecency;... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:2-10

A picture of penalty. The threatened penalty of Egypt as painted by the prophet here will, on examination, be found to be essentially the penalty with which God causes sin to be visited always and everywhere. I. STRIFE , especially internal strife ( Isaiah 19:2 ). The guilty nation will find itself plunged into civil war (Egypt, Greece, Rome, France, America—northern and southern states, etc.), or rent with bitter and vindictive factions; the guilty family will have its domestic... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5

The waters shall fail from the sea . By "the sea" it is generally allowed that the Nile must be meant, as in Isaiah 18:2 and Nahum 3:8 . The failure might be caused by deficient rains in Abyssinia and Equatorial Africa, producing an insufficient inundation. It might be aggravated by the neglect of dykes and canals, which would be the natural consequence of civil disorders. Wasted and dried up ; rather, parched and dried up . Allowance must be made for Oriental hyperbole. The... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The drying up of the Nile. Nothing has left a deeper mark on the traditions of Eastern lands than the impressions of burning heat, the drying up of springs, the consequent suffering. Egypt was the "gift of the Nile," Herodotus said. Well might the presence or absence of its waters denote the pleasure or the wrath of Deity. I. THE DESCRIPTION . The Pelusiac arm of the Nile is dried. The neglected canals, dykes, and reservoirs become stagnant, the vegetation withers. The bright oasis... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The withholding of God's gifts making man's woe. These verses are suggestive of the thousandfold forms of trouble that follow on an unusually low Nile, or the failure of the Nile flood. It is peculiar to the valley of the Nile, and the Delta forming the land of Egypt, that cultivation of the soil depends upon the yearly flooding of the river, which, by canals, sluices, ponds, and ditches, is led over the fields as the great fertilizer. Holy Scripture gives us the picture of supreme distress... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:6

And they shall turn the rivers far away ; rather, and the rivers shall stagnate (Cheyne). Probably the canals are intended, as in Exodus 7:19 (see 'Pulpit Commentary,' ad loc .). The brooks of defense shall be emptied . Some render this "brooks of Egypt," regarding matsor as here used for "Mitsraim;" but our translation is more forcible, and may well stand. The "brooks of defense" are those which had hitherto formed the moats round walled cities (comp. Isaiah 37:25 ; Nahum 3:8... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:7

The paper reeds by the brooks , etc.; rather, the meadows on the river , along the banks of the river , and every seed-plot by the river . The banks of the Nile were partly grass-land ( Genesis 41:2 , Genesis 41:18 ), partly cultivated in grain or vegetables (Herod; 2.14), in either case producing the most luxuriant crops. All, however, depended on the inundation, and if that failed, or so far as it failed, the results predicted by the prophet would happen. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:8

The fishers also shall mourn . The fisherman's trade was extensively practiced in ancient Egypt, and anything which interfered with it would necessarily be regarded as a great calamity. A large class supported itself by the capture and sale of fish fresh or salted. The Nile produced great abundance of fish, both in its main stream and in its canals and backwaters. Lake Moeris also provided an extensive supply (Herod; 2.149). All they that east angle into the brooks ; rather, into the... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:9

They that work in fine flax. Linen of great fineness and delicacy was woven in Egypt, for the priests' dresses, for mummy-cloths, and for corselets. Solomon imported "linen yarn" from his Egyptian neighbors ( 1 Kings 10:28 ), and the Phoenicians a linen fabric for their sails' ( Ezekiel 27:7 ). In the general decline of Egyptian prosperity, caused by the circumstances of the time, the manufacturers of linen would suffer. They that weave networks ; rather, they that weave while clothes... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:2-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:5-10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:9

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