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Egypt's Lifeline Cut
Commentators unanimously identify the "sea" and "river" as the Nile. Egypt's fertility, agriculture, and economy were entirely dependent on the Nile's annual flood. By causing the river to "fail," God strikes at the very heart of the nation's life and prosperity, demonstrating that what they viewed as their greatest asset could be taken away.
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Albert Barnes
On Isaiah 19:5
18th Century
Theologian
And the waters shall fail - Here begins a description of the physical calamities that would come upon the land, which cont…
Charles Ellicott
On Isaiah 19:5
19th Century
Bishop
The waters shall fail from the sea. —The “sea”, like the river, is, of course, the Nile (Homer calls it Oceanus)…
John Calvin
On Isaiah 19:5
16th Century
Theologian
Then the waters shall fail from the sea. He expands on the subject he had already begun: that the fortifications, by which the Egyptians t…
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John Gill
On Isaiah 19:5
17th Century
Pastor
And the waters shall fail from the sea
Which Kimchi understands figuratively of the destruction of the Egyptians by the king o…
Matthew Henry
On Isaiah 19:1–17
17th Century
Minister
God will come into Egypt with his judgments. He will raise up the causes of their destruction from among themselves.
When ungodly people esc…