Isaiah 19:8-10 NIV

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 19:8

The fishers also shall mourn ,.... Because there will be no fish to catch, the waters of the river being dried up, and so will have none to sell, and nothing to support themselves and families with; and this must also affect the people in general, fish being the common food they lived upon, see Numbers 11:5 , not only because of the great plenty there usually was, but because they killed and ate but very few living creatures, through a superstitious regard unto them; though Herodotus says ... read more

John Gill

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

John Gill

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:8

The fishers also "And the fishers" - There was great plenty of fish in Egypt; see Numbers 11:5 . "The Nile," says Diodorus, lib. i., "abounds with incredible numbers of all sorts of fish." And much more the lakes. So Egmont, Pococke, etc. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:9

They that work in fine flax - שריקות פשתים pishtim sericoth , heckled flax, i.e., flax dressed on the heckle, or comb used for that purpose. The Vulgate uses the word pectentes , combing. They that weave networks shall be confounded - And confounden schul ben that wrogten flax, plattinge and webynge sotel thingis. - Old MS. Bible. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:10

And they shall be broken, etc. "Her stores" - שתתיה shathotheyha , αποθηκαι , granaries. - Aquila. All that make sluices and ponds for fish "All that make a gain of pools for fish" - This obscure line is rendered by different interpreters in very different manners. Kimchi explains אגמי agmey as if it were the same with אגמה agemah , from Job 30:25 , in which he is followed by some of the rabbins, and supported by the Septuagint: and שכר secher , which I translate... 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 19:2-10

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Isaiah 19:8

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Isaiah 19:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:1-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Isaiah 19:2-10

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