Commentaries:Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Isaiah 19:2
set—stir up. GESENIUS translates, "arm."
Egyptians against the Egyptians—Lower against Upper: and Saitic against both. (See Isaiah 3:10). NEWTON refers it to the civil wars between Apries and Amasis at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's invasion; also between Tachos, Nectanebus, and the Mendesians, just before Ochus subdued Egypt.
kingdom against kingdom—The Septuagint has "nome against nome"; Egypt was divided into forty-two nomes or districts.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:2:
Isaiah 18:7
Jeremiah 25:20
Ezekiel 29:11
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