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Isaiah 19:17

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The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it.

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Matthew Henry Bible Commentaryv. 17

As Assyria was a breaking rod to Judah, with which it was smitten, so Egypt was a broken reed, with which it was cheated; and therefore God had a quarrel with them both. We have before read the doom of the Assyrians; now here we have the burden of Egypt, a prophecy concerning that nation, I. That it should be greatly weakened and brought low, and should be as contemptible among the nations as now it was considerable, rendered so by a complication of judgments which God would bring upon them (v. 1-17). II. That at length God's holy religion should be brought into Egypt, and set up there, in part by the Jews that should flee thither for refuge, but more fully by the preachers of the gospel of Christ, through whose ministry churches should be planted in Egypt in the says of the Messiah (Isa 19:18-25), which would abundantly balance all the calamities here threatened.

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Strong's Concordancev. 17

אֲדָמָה (ʼădâmâh, H127) — soil (from its general redness) יְהוּדָה (Yᵉhûwdâh, H3063) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the… חָגָא (châgâʼ, H2283) — properly, vertigo, i.e. (figuratively) fear מִצְרַיִם (Mitsrayim, H4714) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt זָכַר (zâkar, H2142) — properly, to mark (so as to be recognized), i.e. to remember; by implication, to mention;… פָּחַד (pâchad, H6342) — to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general פָּנִים (pânîym, H6440) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and… עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, H6098) — advice; by implication, plan; also prudence יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, H3068) — Jehovah, Jewish national name of God צָבָא (tsâbâʼ, H6635) — a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized forwar (an army);… יָעַץ (yâʻats, H3289) — to advise; reflexively, to deliberate or resolve

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Isaiah 14:24rank 4

The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned, so will it be; as I have purposed, so will it stand.

Daniel 4:35rank 3

All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”

Jeremiah 25:19rank 2

Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officials, his leaders, and all his people;

Isaiah 36:1rank 2

In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign, Sennacherib king of Assyria attacked and captured all the fortified cities of Judah.

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