In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt
to
Assyria
It signifies that there should be peace between them, all
hostilities should cease, free trade and commerce with each other
should be opened, and nothing should hinder communion with one
another; which some think had some show of accomplishment in the
times of Psammiticus; but it chiefly refers to Gospel times, and
to the Christian communion between one nation and another, that
receive the Gospel, though before implacable enemies, as the
Egyptians and Assyrians were:
and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian
into
Assyria:
which is expressive of entire concord and harmony between them,
such as was among the first Christians:
and the Egyptians shall serve with the
Assyrians;
that is, the Lord, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; they
shall both serve the Lord with one shoulder and consent, unite in
prayer to the Lord, in hearing the word, and attending on other
ordinances. Some render it, "the Egyptians shall serve the
Assyrians" F7; not as being their lords and
masters in a servile way, but by love, as saints do or should
serve one another, doing all kind offices of love to each other;
see ( Galatians
5:13 ) .
F7 (rwva ta Myrum wdbew) "et serviet Aegyptius Assyrio", Cocceius; "et servient Aegyptii ipsi Assur", Montanus.
