Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
paper-reeds—rather, pastures, literally, "places naked" of wood, and famed for rich herbage, on the banks of the Nile [GESENIUS]. Compare Genesis 13:10; Deuteronomy 11:10. HORSLEY translates, "nakedness upon the river," descriptive of the appearance of a river when its bottom is bare and its banks stripped of verdure by long drought: so Vulgate.
the brooks—the river.
mouth—rather, "the source" [Vulgate]. "Even close to the river's side vegetation shall be so withered as to be scattered in the shape of powder by the wind" (English Version, "driven away") [HORSLEY].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:7:
Isaiah 7:18
Isaiah 8:1
Ezekiel 30:12
Nahum 3:8
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