Isaiah 19:4
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| Overview - Isaiah 19 | |
| 1 | The confusion of Egypt. |
| 11 | The foolishness of their princes. |
| 18 | The calling of Egypt into the church. |
| 23 | The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel. |
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Isaiah 19:4 (King James Version)
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
- give over
- or, shut up.
- 1 Samuel 23:7 ; Psalms 31:8
- a cruel lord
- Rather, "cruel lords," agreeable to the LXX., Syriac, Vulgate, and the original {adonim kasheh.} Nebuchadnezzar, who first conquered and ravaged Egypt, B
- C. 573, and the following year; and then, not only his successors, but Cambyses, (who invaded Egypt, B
- C. 526,) the son of Cyrus, and the whole succession of Persian kings till the time of Alexander, who were in general hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country.
- 2 ; 20:4 Jeremiah 46:26 ; Ezekiel 29:19