Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Noph—called also Moph; Greek, Memphis (Hosea 9:6); on the western bank of the Nile, capital of Lower Egypt, second only to Thebes in all Egypt: residence of the kings, until the Ptolemies removed to Alexandria; the word means the "port of the good" [PLUTARCH]. The military caste probably ruled in it: "they also are deceived," in fancying their country secure from Assyrian invasion.
stay of . . . tribes—rather, "corner-stone of her castes" [MAURER], that is, the princes, the two ruling castes, the priests and the warriors: image from a building which rests mainly on its corner-stones (see on Isaiah 19:10; Isaiah 28:16; Psalms 118:22; Numbers 24:17, Margin; Judges 20:2; I Samuel 14:28, Margin; Zechariah 10:4).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:13:
Isaiah 19:10
Isaiah 19:15
Isaiah 19:18-22
Zechariah 10:4
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