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Isaiah 19:1-25
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Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:1-17Isaiah 19:1-17 · Matthew Henry Concise CommentaryGod shall come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves. When ungodly men escape danger, they are apt to think themselves secure; but evil pursues sinners, an…The Doom of Egypt. (b. c. 710.)Isaiah 19:1-17 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleTHE DOOM OF EGYPT. (B. C. 710.) 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 hu…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-17Isaiah 19:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryTHE 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 f…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1Isaiah 19:1 · The Pulpit CommentaryThe Lord rideth upon a swift cloud. Natural imagery to express the rapidity of Divine visitations (comp. Psalms 104:3). God, being about to visit Egypt with a judgment of extreme severity, is represented as entering the…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-17Isaiah 19:1-17 · The Pulpit CommentaryEgypt'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.…The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-4Isaiah 19:1-4 · The Pulpit CommentaryComing judgment upon Egypt. The historical allusions in this passage cannot be positively cleared up. So far as the discovery of inscriptions in recent years enables us to lift a little the veil which hangs over the lan…
commentaryMatthew Henry on Isaiah 19:1-17God shall come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves. When ungodly men escape danger, they are apt to think themselves secure; but evil pursues sinners, an…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Doom of Egypt. (b. c. 710.)THE DOOM OF EGYPT. (B. C. 710.) 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 hu…Matthew HenrycommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-4Coming judgment upon Egypt. The historical allusions in this passage cannot be positively cleared up. So far as the discovery of inscriptions in recent years enables us to lift a little the veil which hangs over the lan…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-17THE 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 f…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1-17Egypt'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.…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1God's presence a trouble. "Behold the Lord … shall come into Egypt … and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it." The presence of God would produce consternation among the people. This is significant enough. I…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:1The Lord rideth upon a swift cloud. Natural imagery to express the rapidity of Divine visitations (comp. Psalms 104:3). God, being about to visit Egypt with a judgment of extreme severity, is represented as entering the…Joseph S. Exell and contributorscommentaryThe Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:2-10A 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,…Joseph S. Exell and contributors