Isaías 19:16

16 En aquel día, los egipcios serán tan débiles como las mujeres. Se encogerán de miedo bajo el puño levantado del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

Isaías 19:16 Meaning and Commentary

Isaiah 19:16

In that day shall Egypt be like unto women
Weak and feeble, as the Targum; fearful and timorous, even their military force; and devoid of wisdom, even their princes and nobles: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the
hand of the Lord of hosts, which he shaketh over it:
which the Lord may be said to do, when he lifts up his rod, and holds it over a people, and threatens them with ruin and destruction; perhaps this may refer to what was done in Judea by Sennacherib's army, which was an intimation to the Egyptians that their turn was next; and if the shaking of the Lord's hand over a people is so terrible, what must the weight of it be? Some think there is an allusion to Moses's shaking his rod over the Red sea when the Egyptians were drowned, in which the hand or power of the Lord was so visibly seen, and which now might be called to mind. Ben Melech observes, that when one man calls to another, he waves his hand to him to come to him; so here it is as if the Lord waved with his hand to the enemy to come and fight against Egypt, which caused fear and dread.

Isaías 19:16 In-Context

14 El Señor
envió sobre ellos un espíritu de necedad,
para que todas sus sugerencias sean equivocadas.
Ellos hacen que Egipto se tambalee
como un borracho en su vómito.

15 No hay nada que Egipto pueda hacer;
todos son débiles:
la cabeza y la cola;
la noble rama de palma y el humilde junco.

16 En aquel día, los egipcios serán tan débiles como las mujeres. Se encogerán de miedo bajo el puño levantado del Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales.

17 Tan solo pronunciar el nombre de Israel los aterrorizará, porque el Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales ha trazado planes en contra de ellos.

18 En aquel día, cinco de las ciudades de Egipto seguirán al Señor
de los Ejércitos Celestiales, y hasta comenzarán a hablar hebreo, la lengua de Canaán. Una de esas ciudades será Heliópolis, la Ciudad del Sol.