Isaiah 19:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. ”

Isaiah 19:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Neither shall there be any work - The sense is, that there shall be such discord that no man, whether a prince, a politician, or a priest, shall be able to give any advice, or form any plan for t...
Isaiah 19:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may (o) perform. (o) Neither the great or the small, the strong or the weak.
Isaiah 19:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 19. Oracle on Egypt. This is one of the most difficult Chapter s in the book. It falls into two sections, Isaiah 19:1-17 and Isaiah 19:18-25 . If Isaiah 19:1-17 is in the main from Isai...
Isaiah 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

rush. See note on Isaiah 9:14 .
Isaiah 19:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. Neither shall Egypt have any work to do. This is the conclusion of the former statement, for it means that all the Egyptians shall be stupefied to such a degree that whatever they undert...
Isaiah 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. The head or tail, branch or rush - R. D. Kimchi says, there are some who suppose that these words mean the...
Isaiah 19:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, &c.— Surely the princes of Zoan are fools; the very wisest of Pharaoh's counsellors: counsel is become brutish. How will you boast unto Pharaoh, I am the...
Isaiah 19:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Neither shall there be any work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. Neither shall there be (any) work for Egypt - nothing which Egypt can do to extricate itself from th...
Isaiah 19:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Judgment, on Egypt A prophecy concerning Egypt, probably belonging to the same period as Isaiah 18 , and designed to show the speedy collapse of Egypt's power, on which a strong political par...
Isaiah 19:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

These two Chapter s (19, 20) contain the burden of Egypt. Its doom is first declared (19: 1-15). Jehovah's advent will result in the destruction of idols, in civil war, in failure in counsel, and in...
Isaiah 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

In these verses the subject of lamentation is carried on, under various descriptions, and all corresponding to denote the burden of Egypt. Their senators and wise men became unable to guide the helm...
Isaiah 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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; no...
Isaiah 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Neither shall there be [any] work for Egypt, which the head or tail, branch or rush, may do. Ver. 15. Neither shall there be any work. ] See on Isaiah 19:14 .
Isaiah 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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; 1s...
Isaiah 19:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Egypt. B. C. 710. 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the L ORD rideth upon a sw...
Isaiah 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

All people, both high and low, shall be at their wits end not knowing what to do.
Isaiah 19:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 19:4 . A cruel lord. Such was Nebuchadnezzar; and after him, Cambyses, and other Persian kings. One oppression succeeded another, as illustrated in Daniel 11 . Isaiah 19:11 . The prince...
Isaiah 19:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Isaiah 19:1-23 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 Na...
Isaiah 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Threat of Destruction
Isaiah 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Thessalonians 4:11 ; 1 Thessalonians 4:12 ; Habakkuk 3:17 ; Haggai 1:11 ; Isaiah 9:14 ; Isaiah 9:15 ; Proverbs 14:23 ; Psalms 128:2
Isaiah 19:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Head, &c. — All people, both high and low, shall be at their wits end.

Isaiah 19:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Isaiah 19:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Isaiah 19:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Isaiah 19:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 19:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Isaiah 19:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Isaiah 19:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Isaiah 19:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Isaiah 19:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Isaiah 19:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Isaiah 19:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes