Isaiah 19:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them. ”

• Isaiah 19:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And it shall be for a sign - The altar, and the pillar. This shows that the altar was not to be for sacrifice, but was a “memorial,” or designed to designate a place of worship. They shall cry...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness to the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry to the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them (u) a saviour, and a great one...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Five cities in Egypt will speak Hebrew and swear fealty to Yahweh. One shall be called city of the sun. There will be an altar to Yahweh in Egypt, and an obelisk to Him at its border, which shall wit...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  sign. See note on Isaiah 7:11 .

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  20. And he will send them a Savior. We cannot serve God unless he first bestow his grace upon us; for no one will dedicate himself to God, till he be drawn by his goodness, and embrace him w...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

  DISCOURSE: 885 CHRIST A GREAT SAVIOUR Isaiah 19:20 . They shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppressors, and He shall send them a Saviour, and a great One, and he shall deliver them . GOD u...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  For they shall cry unto the Lord— The prophet here sets forth the causes of this happy change in Egypt, with its immediate effects. The impulsive cause he shews to be their cry to Jehovah, on acc...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. -Suffering shall lead to repentan...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - 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 19:20 - 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 19:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  I beseech the Reader to remark every word in these verses. Let him observe how the sweet promises contained in them open. In that day, namely, the gospel day; the day of Christ, which Abraham, ages b...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt ,.... This refers either to what goes before, that the altar and pillar were signs and witnesses that the Lor...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And it shall be for a sign Namely, the altar or pillar, last mentioned; and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts To testify that they own the Lord for their God. For they shall cry unto the Lord...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Promises to Egypt. B. C. 710.       18 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt sp...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  And it, the altar or pillar last mentioned, shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord, to testify that they own the Lord for their God. They shall cry unto the Lord because of the oppr...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘In that day there will be an altar to Yahweh in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at its border to Yahweh, and it will be a sign and a witness to Yahweh of hosts in the land of Egypt. For...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  AN ALTAR AND A SAVIOUR FOR EGYPT Isaiah 19:18-20 . In that day shall five cities, &c. I. God is able to raise up monuments and trophies of His grace in the most unlikely places ( Isaiah 19...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - 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 19:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

  He shall send them a Saviour and a great one A Saviour and a great one The literal coincidences between the promise of a “saviour” and a “great one,” and the titles of Alexander the Great and P...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - 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 19:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Promise of Blessing

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 13:4 ; 2 Kings 13:5 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 3:7 ; Isaiah 19:4 ; Isaiah 20:4 ; Isaiah 37:36 ; Isaiah 45:21 ; Isaiah 45:22 ; Isaiah 52:5 ; Isaiah 55:13 ; James 5:4 ; Joshua 22:27 ;...

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• Isaiah 19:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  It — The altar or pillar last mentioned. A witness — To testify that they own the Lord for their God. Cry — Being sorely distressed, they shall turn unto the true God. A great one — A great or migh...

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