Isaiah 19:4 BSB — MannaFest

Isaiah 19:4

I will deliver the Egyptians into the hands of harsh masters, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

BSB

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ASV

And I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, Jehovah of hosts.

KJV

And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jerome

Commentary on Isaiah (420)

(Version 4) And I will deliver Egypt into the hand of cruel masters, and a strong king shall rule over them, says the Lord God of hosts. We follow a twofold interpretation: either of the Chaldean times, when Egypt was conquered by Nebuchadnezzar; or of the Roman empire, when Antony and Cleopatra were defeated, and Augustus Caesar subdued Egypt. It is testified by the whole Scripture that the Babylonians were cruel, who spared not even the little ones, but wounded them with their arrows, and showed no mercy to the pregnant women.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

A cruel lord “Cruel lords” - Nebuchadnezzar in the first place, and afterwards the whole succession of Persian kings, who in general were hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country. Note, that for קשה kasheh, lord, a MS. reads קשים kashim, lords, agreeable to which is the rendering of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙	ve.si.kar.Ti	and I will hand over	H5534 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מִצְרַ֔יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4714 →
בְּיַ֖ד	be.Yad	in [the] hand of	H3027 →
אֲדֹנִ֣ים	'a.do.Nim	a master<s>	H113 →
קָשֶׁ֑ה	ka.Sheh	cruel	H7186 →
וּמֶ֤לֶךְ	u.Me.lekh	and a king	H4428 →
עַז֙	'az	strong	H5794 →
יִמְשָׁל־	yim.shol-	he will rule	H4910 →
בָּ֔ם	Bam	over them
נְאֻ֥ם	ne.'Um	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
הָאָד֖וֹן	ha.'a.Don	the lord	H113 →
יְהוָ֥ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָאֽוֹת׃	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →

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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 46:26
I will deliver them into the hands of those who seek their lives—of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his officers. But after this, Egypt will be inhabited as in days of old, declares the…
leads to
- Ezekiel 32:11
  For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘The sword of the king of Babylon will come against you!
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 44:30
  This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into…
Through
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.
leads to
- Judges 7:22
  And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the…
- 1 Samuel 14:20
  Then Saul and all his troops assembled and marched to the battle, and they found the Philistines in total confusion, with each man wielding the sword against his neighbor.
- Matthew 10:36
  A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’
Through
Ezekiel 29:19
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: I will give the land of Egypt to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, who will carry off its wealth, seize its spoil, and remove its plunder. This…
leads to
- Ezekiel 30:24–25
  I will strengthen the arms of Babylon’s king and place My sword in his hand, but I will break the arms of Pharaoh, who will groan before him like a mortally wounded man.
- Jeremiah 43:10–13
  Then tell them that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will set his throne over these…
Through
1 Samuel 23:7
When Saul was told that David had gone to Keilah, he said, “God has delivered him into my hand, for he has trapped himself by entering a town with gates and bars.”
leads to
- 1 Samuel 24:4–6
  So David’s men said to him, “This is the day about which the LORD said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do with him as you…

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