Isaiah 19:2

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

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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 prote...
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...
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...
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 bri...
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 aga...
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...
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...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Civil war rages between the petty princes of lower Egypt.
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...
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 i...
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 domesti...
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...
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 ag...
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 d...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Doom of Egypt. B. C. 710. 1 The bu...
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 k...
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...
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 for...
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 illust...
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 prevail...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Threat of Destruction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians, inciting them to civil war and anarchy such as we are told of by secular historians; and they sh...
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 ; Judg...
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 cr...

² 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.

Related Commentaries of Isaiah 19:2

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Isaiah 19:2