Isaiah 19:23 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:23

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.

BSB

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ASV

In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria; and the Egyptians shall worship with the Assyrians.

KJV

In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

There shall be a highway - A communication; that is, there shall be an alliance between Egypt and Assyria, as constituting parts of one empire, and as united in the service of the true God. The same figure of a “highway” is found in Isa 11:16 (see the note on that place). The truth was, that Alexander, by his conquests, subjected Assyria and Egypt, and they constituted parts of his empire, and were united under him.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

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

15 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בַּיּ֣וֹם	bai.Yom	in the day	H3117 →
הַה֗וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
תִּהְיֶ֨ה	tih.Yeh	it will be	H1961 →
מְסִלָּ֤ה	me.si.Lah	a highway	H4546 →
מִמִּצְרַ֙יִם֙	mi.mitz.Ra.yim	from Egypt	H4714 →
אַשּׁ֔וּרָה	'a.Shu.rah	Assyria towards	H804 →
וּבָֽא־	u.va'-	and it will go	H935 →
אַשּׁ֥וּר	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →
בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →
וּמִצְרַ֣יִם	u.mitz.Ra.yim	and Egypt	H4714 →
בְּאַשּׁ֑וּר	be.'a.Shur	in Assyria	H804 →
וְעָבְד֥וּ	ve.'a.ve.Du	and they will serve	H5647 →
מִצְרַ֖יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אַשּֽׁוּר׃ ס	'a.Shur	Assyria	H804 →

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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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
Isaiah 11:16
There will be a highway for the remnant of His people who remain from Assyria, as there was for Israel when they came up from the land of Egypt.
leads to
- Isaiah 35:8–10
  And there will be a highway called the Way of Holiness. The unclean will not travel it—only those who walk in the Way—and fools will not stray onto it.
- 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…
- Exodus 14:26–29
  Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
- Isaiah 62:10
  Go out, go out through the gates; prepare the way for the people! Build it up, build up the highway; clear away the stones; raise a banner for the nations!
Through
Isaiah 27:13
And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on…
leads to
- Matthew 24:31
  And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- Leviticus 25:9
  Then you are to sound the horn far and wide on the tenth day of the seventh month, the Day of Atonement. You shall sound it throughout your land.
- Isaiah 19:23–25
  In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
- Hebrews 12:22
  Instead, you have come to Mount Zion, to the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem. You have come to myriads of angels

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06About Isaiah

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Where the connections lead

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