Isaiah 19:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. ”

• Isaiah 19:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  And they shall turn the rivers far away - ( האזיּחוּ he'ez e nı̂ychû ), probably from זנח zânach , “to have an offensive smell; to be rancid, or putrid.” The word in this form occurs n...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  And they shall turn the (f) rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. (f) For the Nile ran into the sea by seven streams, as thoug...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  they shall turn, &c. . the arms of the river shall stink. brooks . canals of Matzor : i.e. Egypt. See note on Isaiah 7:18 . emptied . shallow.

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  6. And the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up. (31) What he adds about fortifications is to the same purpose with what he had stated immediately before. He alludes to the emban...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. Shall turn the rivers far away "Shall become putrid" - האזניחו he...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  And the waters shall fail— These verses should be rendered thus: And the waters shall fail from the sea, [from the Nile, which is frequently, both in Scripture, and in profane writers, termed t...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  And they shall turn the rivers far away; and the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. They shall turn the rivers far away, х he'ezniychuw...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  And they shall turn the rivers far away ,.... The river Nile, called "rivers", the plural for the singular, because of the abundance of water in it; or its seven streams, with other rivulets, derive...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  And they shall turn the rivers far away; [and] the brooks of defence shall be emptied and dried up: the reeds and flags shall wither. Ver. 6. And they shall turn the rivers far away. ] The Assyria...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  The waters shall fail from the sea , &c. The river Nile shall cease to pour its usual quantity of water into the sea, being wasted and dried up , as it follows. “Tremellius,” says Lowth, “shows...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - 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 19:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  They shall turn the rivers far away; which is to be taken impersonally, as such expressions are very frequently, for, the rivers (those small rivulets by which the waters of Nilus were conveyed a...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘And the waters will fall from the sea, and the river will be wasted and will become dry, and the rivers will smell. The streams of Egypt will be diminished and dried up, the reeds and rushes will wi...

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• Isaiah 19:6 - 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 19:6 - 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 19:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A Threat of Destruction

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Kings 19:24 ; Exodus 2:3 ; Isaiah 18:2 ; Isaiah 37:25 ; Job 8:11

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• Isaiah 19:6 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Rivers — The rivers (those rivulets by which the waters of Nile were distributed into several parts of the land) shall be turned far away, as they must needs be, when the river which fed them was d...

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