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Yahweh will strike Egypt, smiting and healing; and they shall return to Yahweh, and he will be entreated of them, and will heal them.
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God's Purpose in Pain
Commentators unanimously explain that God's "smiting" of Egypt is not merely destructive but is a form of loving discipline. As Charles Ellicott notes, "whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth." The hardships are the very means God uses to turn people away from sin and toward Himself for healing and salvation, revealing that even in judgment, God's ultimate goal is redemptive.
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Isaiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And the Lord shall smite Egypt – That is, in the manner described in the previous part of this prophecy (Isaiah 19:2–10…
19th Century
Anglican
And the Lord shall smite Egypt ... —The tone of the preceding verses seems at first at variance with the stern prophecies of disas…
16th Century
Protestant
Therefore Jehovah will smite Egypt. From what has already been said, the Prophet draws the conclusion that the chastisement that he has me…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And the Lord shall smite Egypt By one afflictive providence or another, which shall awaken them to a sense of sin an…
The words, In that day, do not always refer to the passage just before. At a time that was to come, the Egyptians will speak the holy lang…
13th Century
Catholic
The burden of Egypt. In this part, the author threatens the destruction of the Egyptians, describing its manner and order…
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