Isaiah 19:13 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:13

The princes of Zoan have become fools; the princes of Memphis are deceived. The cornerstones of her tribes have led Egypt astray.

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ASV

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Memphis are deceived; they have caused Egypt to go astray, that are the corner-stone of her tribes.

KJV

The princes of Zoan are become fools, the princes of Noph are deceived; they have also seduced Egypt, even they that are the stay of the tribes thereof.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The princes of Zoan - (the note at Isa 19:11). This “repetition” is intensive and emphatic, and shows the deep conviction of the prophet of their folly. The design is to show that “all” the counselors on which the Egyptians depended were fools. The princes of Noph - The Vulgate, the Septuagint, and the Chaldee, render this ‘Memphis,’ and there is no doubt that this is the city intended. The name Memphis may have easily arisen from Noph. It was written also “Moph,” and hence, Memphis. It is called “Menouf” by the Copts and Arabians.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Greek, Memphis (Ho 9:6); on the western bank of the Nile, capital of Lower Egypt, second only to Thebes in all Egypt: residence of the kings, until the Ptolemies removed to Alexandria; the word means the "port of the good" [PLUTARCH].

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Original language & word study

11 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
נֽוֹאֲלוּ֙	no.'a.Lu	they have become fools	H2973 →
שָׂ֣רֵי	Sa.rei	[the] officials of	H8269 →
צֹ֔עַן	Tzo.'an	Zoan	H6814 →
נִשְּׁא֖וּ	ni.she.'U	they have been deceived	H5377 →
שָׂ֣רֵי	Sa.rei	[the] officials of	H8269 →
נֹ֑ף	Nof	Memphis	H5297 →
הִתְע֥וּ	hit.'U	they have misled	H8582 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
פִּנַּ֥ת	pi.Nat	[the] corner of	H6438 →
שְׁבָטֶֽיהָ׃	she.va.Tei.ha	tribes its	H7626 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 2:16
The men of Memphis and Tahpanhes have shaved the crown of your head.
leads to
- Jeremiah 44:1
  This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Jews living in the land of Egypt—in Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis—and in the land of Pathros:
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 46:14
  “Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 43:7–9
  So they entered the land of Egypt because they did not obey the voice of the LORD, and they went as far as Tahpanhes.
- Deuteronomy 33:20
  Concerning Gad he said: “Blessed is he who enlarges the domain of Gad! He lies down like a lion and tears off an arm or a head.
Through
Zechariah 10:4
The cornerstone will come from Judah, the tent peg from him, as well as the battle bow and every ruler together.
leads to
- Zechariah 9:10
  And I will cut off the chariot from Ephraim and the horse from Jerusalem, and the bow of war will be broken. Then He will proclaim peace to the nations. His dominion will extend…
- Ezra 9:8
  But now, for a brief moment, grace has come from the LORD our God to preserve for us a remnant and to give us a stake in His holy place. Even in our bondage,…
Through
Jeremiah 46:19
Pack your bags for exile, O daughter dwelling in Egypt! For Memphis will be laid waste, destroyed and uninhabited.
leads to
- Isaiah 20:4
  so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.
Through
Jeremiah 46:14
“Announce it in Egypt, and proclaim it in Migdol; proclaim it in Memphis and Tahpanhes: ‘Take your positions and prepare yourself, for the sword devours those around you.’
leads to
- Jeremiah 46:10
  For that day belongs to the Lord GOD of Hosts, a day of vengeance against His foes. The sword will devour until it is satisfied, until it is quenched with their blood. For the…

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