And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards.
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Gill's Exposition
And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof,.... Meaning not the spirit of valour and courage, that is expressed before, but of wisdom, prudence, and understanding; the wisdom of Egypt, in…
Barnes' Notes
And the spirit of Egypt - (see Isa 19:1). They shall be exhausted with their long internal contentions and strifes; and seeing no prospect of deliverance, and anxious that the turmoils should end,…
Though the land of Egypt had of old been a house of bondage to the people of God, where they had been ruled with rigour, yet among the unbelieving Jews there still remained much of the humour of their…
Cambridge Bible
the spirit of Egypt shall fail lit. be poured out, cf. Jer 19:7. "Spirit" is here used of intellectual power, as "heart" in Isa 19:19 denotes courage.
I will destroy or "swallow up," "annihilate," but…
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