Isaiah 19:18 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:18

In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun.

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ASV

In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction.

KJV

In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the Lord of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.

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Commentary

3 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Verse 18.) On that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear by the Lord of hosts. One of these cities shall be called the city of the sun. Concerning the city of the sun, the LXX translated 'asedec,' not knowing exactly what it meant. Some of our people interpret it as the city of justice, and due to a mistake, they think that it is written in Hebrew as 'Ares,' which means 'land' in other letters.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The city of destruction “The city of the sun” - עיר החרס ir hacheres. This passage is attended with much difficulty and obscurity. First, in regard to the true reading. It is well known that Onias applied it to his own views, either to procure from the king of Egypt permission to build his temple in the Hieropolitan Nome, or to gain credit and authority to it when built; from the notion which he industriously propagated, that Isaiah had in this place prophesied of the building of such a temple.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 3515: “The Fruits of Grace” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1916)

THIS is a very remarkable prophecy. Attempts have been made to explain it, as if it were already fulfilled. I believe all such attempts to be utter failures. This promise stands on record to be, fulfilled at some future day In those bright days for which some of us are looking, when the knowledge of the Lord shall cover the earth, so the waters cover the sea, then shall this word to Egypt be verified; yea, and God shall be glorified both by Egypt and Assyria, as well as in the land of Israel.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	in the day	H3117 →
הַה֡וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
יִהְיוּ֩	yih.Yu	they will be	H1961 →
חָמֵ֨שׁ	cha.Mesh	five	H2568 →
עָרִ֜ים	'a.Rim	cities	H5892 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץ	be.'E.retz	in [the] land of	H776 →
מִצְרַ֗יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
מְדַבְּרוֹת֙	me.da.be.rOt	speaking	H1696 →
שְׂפַ֣ת	se.Fat	[the] language of	H8193 →
כְּנַ֔עַן	ke.Na.'an	Canaan	H3667 →
וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹת	ve.nish.ba.'ot	and swearing an oath	H7650 →
לַיהוָ֣ה	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֑וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	[the] city	H5892 →
הַהֶ֔רֶס	ha.He.res	of <the> Destruction	H2041 →
יֵאָמֵ֖ר	ye.'a.Mer	it will be called	H559 →
לְאֶחָֽת׃ ס	le.'e.Chat	of one	H259 →

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
Zephaniah 3:9
For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
leads to
- Genesis 11:1
  Now the whole world had one language and a common form of speech.
- Psalms 22:27
  All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.
- Zechariah 2:11
  “On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me…
- Psalms 86:9–10
  All the nations You have made will come and bow before You, O Lord, and they will glorify Your name.
Through
Jeremiah 12:16
And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they…
leads to
- Jeremiah 4:2
  and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”
Through
Zechariah 2:11
“On that day many nations will join themselves to the LORD, and they will become My people. I will dwell among you, and you will know that the LORD of Hosts has sent Me…
leads to
- Revelation 11:15
  Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign…
Through
Isaiah 11:11
On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and…
leads to
- Zechariah 10:8–12
  I will whistle for them to gather, for I have redeemed them; and they will be as numerous as they once were.
- Micah 7:12
  On that day they will come to you from Assyria and the cities of Egypt, even from Egypt to the Euphrates, from sea to sea and mountain to mountain.

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The Prophet Isaiah — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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