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Isaiah 11:15

Isaiah 11:15
And the LORD shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea; and with his mighty wind shall he shake his hand over the river, and shall smite it in the seven streams, and make men go over dryshod.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the Lord shall utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea,.... Which Kimchi and Abarbinel interpret of the Egyptian river Sichor, or the Nile; others of a bay of the Egyptian sea, so called…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the Lord - The prophet goes on with the description of the effect which shall follow the return of the scattered Jews to God. The language is figurative, and is here drawn from that which was the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 11:10-16

We have here a further prophecy of the enlargement and advancement of the kingdom of the Messiah, under the type and figure of the flourishing condition of the kingdom of Judah in the latter end of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Isaiah 11:15-16

A miraculous passage prepared for the return of the exiles. The allusions to the Exodus are palpable and extend to the next chapter.