Proclamation Against Egypt
Behold, the Lord brides on a swift cloud,
And will come into Egypt;
cThe idols of Egypt will1 totter at His presence,
And the heart of Egypt will melt in its midst.
Everyone will fight against his brother,
And everyone against his neighbor,
City against city, kingdom against kingdom.
I will destroy their counsel,
And they will aconsult the idols and the charmers,
The mediums and the sorcerers.
aInto the hand of a cruel master,
And a fierce king will rule over them,”
Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
The brooks aof defense will be emptied and dried up;
The reeds and rushes will wither.
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Isaiah 19:3
spirit—wisdom, for which Egypt was famed (Isaiah 31:2; I Kings 4:30; Acts 7:22); answering to "counsel" in the parallel clause.
fail—literally, "be poured out," that is, be made void (Jeremiah 19:7). They shall "seek" help from sources that can afford none, "charmers," etc. (Isaiah 8:19).
charmers—literally, "those making a faint sound"; the soothsayers imitated the faint sound which was attributed to the spirits of the dead (see on Isaiah 8:19).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Isaiah 19:3:
Isaiah 8:19
Isaiah 29:4
Jeremiah 19:7
Jeremiah 25:20
Jeremiah 49:7
Obadiah 1:8
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