Isaiah 19:13 NLT,NIV,ESV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

Though the land of Egypt had of old been a house of bondage to the people of God, where they had been ruled with rigour, yet among the unbelieving Jews there still remained much of the humour of their fathers, who said, Let us make us a captain and return into Egypt. Upon all occasions they trusted to Egypt for help (Isa. 30:2), and thither they fled, in disobedience to God's express command, when things were brought to the last extremity in their own country, Jer. 43:7. Rabshakeh upbraided... read more

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:13

Are deceived "They have caused," etc. - The text has וחתעו vehithu , And they have caused to err. Fifty of Kennicott's MSS., fifty-three of De Rossi's, and one of my own, ancient, thirty-two editions, and the Vulgate and Chaldee. omit the ו vau , and. Stay "Pillars" - פנת pinnath , to be pointed as plural pinnoth , without doubt. So Grotius, and so the Chaldee. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:11-14

Leaders that mislead. The strong, energetic language of the prophet respecting the princes and counselors of Egypt express for us the vast injury which is wrought by untrustworthy teachers in every place and time, and the duty of the people to be on their guard against such seducers ( Isaiah 19:13 ). I. THE LEADERS THAT MISLEAD . ( Isaiah 19:10-13 .) These are: 1. In the nation , leading their fellow-countrymen into a false and spurious patriotism; into... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:11-15

The folly of statesmen. God hath made foolish the wisdom of this world, in Egypt as in other lands. And the marks and characters of folly are everywhere the same. I. THE SPIRIT OF BOASTING . The king and his priestly counselors possess sacred books, which they consult as a college in times of emergency. The priests boast of being "sons of the wise," and sons of ancient kings. The Pharaoh himself belonged to the royal stock. Boasting is ever a sign of weakness. The strong man... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Noph . There are no grounds for changing "Noph" into "Moph." "Noph" is probably "Napata," known as "Nap" in the hieroglyphic inscriptions—the original capital of the Ethiopian kings, and, when Memphis had become their capital, still probably regarded as the second city of the empire. The "princes of Noph" would be Tirhakah's counselors. They have also , etc. Translate, Even they have led Egypt astray , who are the corner-stone of her tribes . Strictly speaking, there... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan - (the note at Isaiah 19:11). This “repetition” is intensive and emphatic, and shows the deep conviction of the prophet of their folly. The design is to show that “all” the counselors on which the Egyptians depended were fools.The princes of Noph - The Vulgate, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, render this ‘Memphis,’ and there is no doubt that this is the city intended. The name Memphis may have easily arisen from Noph. It was written also “Moph,” and hence, Memphis. It is... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 19:11-15

Isaiah 19:11-15. Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, &c. Zoan was the chief city, in which the king and court frequently resided. In these verses the prophet describes “the immediate causes of these evils; 1st, The folly of the princes and rulers, who valued themselves upon their Wisdom , , 2 d, The cowardice and effeminacy of the people in general. Egypt would not have become a prey to so many foreign enemies, but through the excessive weakness of the Egyptians, both in counsel and... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:13

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:11-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:11-15

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Isaiah 19:13

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Isaiah 19:11-15

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