Isaiah 19:2 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:2

“So I will incite Egyptian against Egyptian; brother will fight against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

BSB

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ASV

And I will stir up the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbor; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

KJV

And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

And I will set - (סכסכתי sı̂ksaketı̂y). This word (from סכך sākak) means properly “to cover,” to spread over, to hide, conceal, to protect. Another signification of the verb is, to weave, to intermingle. It may mean here, ‘I will arm the Egyptians against each other’ (Gesenius); or, as in our version, ‘I will mingle, confound, or throw them into discord and strife.’ The Septuagint renders it, Ἐπεγερθήσονται Epegerthēsontai - ‘They shall be excited,’ or, ‘raised up.’ Symmachus, Συμβαλῶ Sumbalō.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

NEWTON refers it to the civil wars between Apries and Amasis at the time of Nebuchadnezzar's invasion; also between Tachos, Nectanebus, and the Mendesians, just before Ochus subdued Egypt. kingdom against kingdom--The Septuagint has "nome against nome"; Egypt was divided into forty-two nomes or districts.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְסִכְסַכְתִּ֤י	ve.sikh.sakh.Ti	and I will provoke	H5526 →
מִצְרַ֙יִם֙	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
בְּמִצְרַ֔יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	against Egypt	H4714 →
וְנִלְחֲמ֥וּ	ve.nil.cha.Mu	and they will fight	H3898 →
אִישׁ־	'ish-	each	H376 →
בְּאָחִ֖יו	be.'a.Chiv	against brother his	H251 →
וְאִ֣ישׁ	ve.'Ish	and each	H376 →
בְּרֵעֵ֑הוּ	be.re.'E.hu	against neighbor his	H7453 →
עִ֣יר	'ir	city	H5892 →
בְּעִ֔יר	be.'Ir	against city	H5892 →
מַמְלָכָ֖ה	mam.la.Khah	kingdom	H4467 →
בְּמַמְלָכָֽה׃	be.mam.la.Khah	against kingdom	H4467 →

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

The walk

The walk8

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
Matthew 10:36
A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
leads to
- Micah 7:6
  For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household.
- Jeremiah 12:6
  Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
- Psalms 41:9
  Even my close friend whom I trusted, the one who shared my bread, has lifted up his heel against me.
Through
Matthew 12:25
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and every city or household divided against itself will not stand.
leads to
- Galatians 5:15
  But if you keep on biting and devouring one another, watch out, or you will be consumed by one another.
- Jeremiah 17:10
  I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
Through
Matthew 10:21
Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.
leads to
- Luke 21:16–17
  You will be betrayed even by parents and brothers and relatives and friends, and some of you will be put to death.
- Micah 7:5–6
  Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms.
- Mark 13:12–13
  Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

About Isaiah

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

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02Original language & word study

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04Related verses

06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

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About Isaiah