Isaiah 19:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And I will seta the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. ”

• Isaiah 19:2 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And I will set - ( סכסכתי sı̂ksaketı̂y ). This word (from סכך sākak ) means properly “to cover,” to spread over, to hide, conceal, to protect. Another signification of the verb is, to weave...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall (c) fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom. (c)...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  set the Egyptians, &c. Referring to the anarchy consequent on the defeat of Egypt by Sargon (688 B.C.)

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  2. And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians. Here he describes more particularly the calamity which the Lord had determined to bring on Egypt. By the expression, I will set, he...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians— Two principal misfortunes of Egypt, on which the rest depend, are related in this prophesy; the first, a civil war to arise in Egypt, with its...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. I...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XVII ISAIAH TO THE FOREIGN NATIONS 736-702 B.C. Isaiah 14:24-32 ; Isaiah 15:1-9 ; Isaiah 16:1-14 ; Isaiah 17:1-14 ; Isaiah 18:1-7 ; Isaiah 19:1-25 ; Isaiah 20:1-6 ; Isaiah 21:1-...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Here is the same subject of national distress for the burden of Egypt, as that of Damascus or Moab, though the end differs: foreign wars, and domestic jealousies are predicted: so that every man's ha...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians ,.... Or mingle and confound them together; in which confusion they should fall upon and destroy one another, as the Midianites did: the phrase is...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, [and] kingdom against kingdom. Ver....

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians Two principal calamities to befall Egypt are foretold in this prophecy; the first of which is here described: civil wars should arise among them. The...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; I will raise civil wars among them. Kingdom against kingdom; for although all Egypt was now one kingdom, and under one king, yet not many years aft...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘The burden of Egypt. Behold Yahweh rides on a swift cloud, and comes to Egypt. And the idols of Egypt will be removed at his presence, and the heart of Egypt will melt in the midst of it. And I will...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  TRUE NATIONAL GREATNESS Isaiah 19:1-3 ; Isaiah 19:14 . The burden of Egypt, &c. The prophecies of Isaiah take a wide range, embrace the fortunes of almost every nation, however remote, with...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

  And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians Divine providence in civil strife This method of administration, we say, obtains and prevails in all ages. This is the meaning of many a cont...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - 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...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Threat of Destruction

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Samuel 14:16 ; 1 Samuel 14:20 ; 2 Chronicles 20:22 ; 2 Chronicles 20:23 ; Ezekiel 38:21 ; Isaiah 19:13 ; Isaiah 19:14 ; Isaiah 9:21 ; Judges 7:22 ; Judges 9:23 ; Matthew 12:25 ; Revelat...

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• Isaiah 19:2 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I will set — Egypt was now one kingdom, but not many years after this time it was divided into twelve kingdoms, between whom there were many and cruel wars.

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