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Selected Verse: Isaiah 19:16 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Isa 19:16 |
Strong Concordance |
In that day [03117] shall Egypt [04714] be like unto women [0802]: and it shall be afraid [02729] and fear [06342] because [06440] of the shaking [08573] of the hand [03027] of the LORD [03068] of hosts [06635], which he shaketh [05130] over it. |
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King James |
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women: and it shall be afraid and fear because of the shaking of the hand of the LORD of hosts, which he shaketh over it. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
like . . . women--timid and helpless (Jer 51:30; Nah 3:13).
shaking of . . . hand--His judgments by means of the invaders (Isa 10:5, Isa 10:32; Isa 11:15). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
In that day shall Egypt be like unto women - Timid; fearful; alarmed. The Hebrews often, by this comparison, express great fear and consternation Jer 51:30; Nah 3:13.
Because of the shaking of the hand - The shaking of the hand is an indication of threatening or punishment (note, Isa 10:32; Isa 11:15). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
The result of all these plagues, which were coming upon Egypt, would be fear of Jehovah and of the people of Jehovah. "In that day will the Egyptians become like women, and tremble and be alarmed at the swinging of the hand of Jehovah of hosts, which He sets in motion against it. And the land of Judah becomes a shuddering for Egypt; as often as they mention this against Egypt, it is alarmed, because of the decree of Jehovah of hosts, that He suspendeth over it." The swinging (tenuphâh) of the hand (Isa 30:32) points back to the foregoing judgments, which have fallen upon Egypt blow after blow. These humiliations make the Egyptians as soft and timid as women (tert. compar., not as in Isa 13:7-8; Isa 21:3-4). And the sacred soil of Judah ('adâmâh, as in Isa 14:1-2; Isa 32:13), which Egypt has so often made the scene of war, throws them into giddiness, into agitation at the sight of terrors, whenever it is mentioned (אשׁר כּל, cf., Sa1 2:13, lit., "whoever," equivalent to "as often as any one," Ewald, 337, 3, f; חגּא is written according to the Aramaean form, with Aleph for He, like זרא) in Num 11:20, קרחא in Ezek. 37:31, compare כּלּא, Eze 36:5, and similar in form to חפה in Isa 4:5).
The author of the plagues is well known to them, their faith in the idols is shaken, and the desire arises in their heart to avert fresh plagues by presents to Jehovah. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Women - Feeble and fearful. Because - Because they shall perceive that they do not fight with men only, but with the Lord of hosts, who now lifts up his hand against them, as he did against their forefathers. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Shall Egypt be "The Egyptians shall be" - יהיו yihyu, they shall be, plural, MS. Bodl. Septuagint, and Chaldee. This is not proposed as an emendation, for either form is proper. |
15 And the LORD [03068] shall utterly destroy [02763] the tongue [03956] of the Egyptian [04714] sea [03220]; and with his mighty [05868] wind [07307] shall he shake [05130] his hand [03027] over the river [05104], and shall smite [05221] it in the seven [07651] streams [05158], and make men go over [01869] dryshod [05275].
32 As yet shall he remain [05975] at Nob [05011] that day [03117]: he shall shake [05130] his hand [03027] against the mount [02022] of the daughter [01323] [01004] of Zion [06726], the hill [01389] of Jerusalem [03389].
5 O [01945] Assyrian [0804], the rod [07626] of mine anger [0639], and the staff [04294] in their hand [03027] is mine indignation [02195].
13 Behold, thy people [05971] in the midst [07130] of thee are women [0802]: the gates [08179] of thy land [0776] shall be set wide [06605] open [06605] unto thine enemies [0341]: the fire [0784] shall devour [0398] thy bars [01280].
30 The mighty men [01368] of Babylon [0894] have forborn [02308] to fight [03898], they have remained [03427] in their holds [04679]: their might [01369] hath failed [05405]; they became as women [0802]: they have burned [03341] her dwellingplaces [04908]; her bars [01280] are broken [07665].
15 And the LORD [03068] shall utterly destroy [02763] the tongue [03956] of the Egyptian [04714] sea [03220]; and with his mighty [05868] wind [07307] shall he shake [05130] his hand [03027] over the river [05104], and shall smite [05221] it in the seven [07651] streams [05158], and make men go over [01869] dryshod [05275].
32 As yet shall he remain [05975] at Nob [05011] that day [03117]: he shall shake [05130] his hand [03027] against the mount [02022] of the daughter [01323] [01004] of Zion [06726], the hill [01389] of Jerusalem [03389].
13 Behold, thy people [05971] in the midst [07130] of thee are women [0802]: the gates [08179] of thy land [0776] shall be set wide [06605] open [06605] unto thine enemies [0341]: the fire [0784] shall devour [0398] thy bars [01280].
30 The mighty men [01368] of Babylon [0894] have forborn [02308] to fight [03898], they have remained [03427] in their holds [04679]: their might [01369] hath failed [05405]; they became as women [0802]: they have burned [03341] her dwellingplaces [04908]; her bars [01280] are broken [07665].
5 And the LORD [03068] will create [01254] upon every dwelling place [04349] of mount [02022] Zion [06726], and upon her assemblies [04744], a cloud [06051] and smoke [06227] by day [03119], and the shining [05051] of a flaming [03852] fire [0784] by night [03915]: for upon all the glory [03519] shall be a defence [02646].
5 Therefore thus saith [0559] the Lord [0136] GOD [03069]; Surely in the fire [0784] of my jealousy [07068] have I spoken [01696] against the residue [07611] of the heathen [01471], and against all Idumea [0123], which have appointed [05414] my land [0776] into their possession [04181] with the joy [08057] of all their heart [03824], with despiteful [07589] minds [05315], to cast it out [04054] for a prey [0957].
20 But even a whole month [02320] [03117], until it come out [03318] at your nostrils [0639], and it be loathsome [02214] unto you: because [03282] that ye have despised [03988] the LORD [03068] which is among [07130] you, and have wept [01058] before [06440] him, saying [0559], Why came we forth [03318] out of Egypt [04714]?
13 And the priests [03548]' custom [04941] with the people [05971] was, that, when any man [0376] offered [02076] sacrifice [02077], the priest's [03548] servant [05288] came [0935], while the flesh [01320] was in seething [01310], with a fleshhook [04207] of three [07969] teeth [08127] in his hand [03027];
13 Upon the land [0127] of my people [05971] shall come up [05927] thorns [06975] and briers [08068]; yea, upon all the houses [01004] of joy [04885] in the joyous [05947] city [07151]:
1 For the LORD [03068] will have mercy [07355] on Jacob [03290], and will yet choose [0977] Israel [03478], and set [03240] them in their own land [0127]: and the strangers [01616] shall be joined [03867] with them, and they shall cleave [05596] to the house [01004] of Jacob [03290].
2 And the people [05971] shall take [03947] them, and bring [0935] them to their place [04725]: and the house [01004] of Israel [03478] shall possess [05157] them in the land [0127] of the LORD [03068] for servants [05650] and handmaids [08198]: and they shall take them captives [07617], whose captives [07617] they were; and they shall rule [07287] over their oppressors [05065].
3 Therefore are my loins [04975] filled [04390] with pain [02479]: pangs [06735] have taken hold [0270] upon me, as the pangs [06735] of a woman that travaileth [03205]: I was bowed down [05753] at the hearing [08085] of it; I was dismayed [0926] at the seeing [07200] of it.
4 My heart [03824] panted [08582], fearfulness [06427] affrighted [01204] me: the night [05399] of my pleasure [02837] hath he turned [07760] into fear [02731] unto me.
7 Therefore shall all hands [03027] be faint [07503], and every man's [0582] heart [03824] shall melt [04549]:
8 And they shall be afraid [0926]: pangs [06735] and sorrows [02256] shall take hold [0270] of them; they shall be in pain [02342] as a woman that travaileth [03205]: they shall be amazed [08539] one [0376] at another [07453]; their faces [06440] shall be as flames [03851].
32 And in every place [03605] where the grounded [04145] staff [04294] shall pass [04569], which the LORD [03068] shall lay [05117] upon him, it shall be with tabrets [08596] and harps [03658]: and in battles [04421] of shaking [08573] will he fight [03898] with it.