And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the LORD of hosts.
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Gill's Exposition
And the Egyptians will I give over into the hands of a cruel lord,.... Not of Sennacherib king of Assyria, which way go many interpreters, both Christian and Jewish, as Aben Ezra, Jarchi, and Kimchi;…
Barnes' Notes
And the Egyptians - The Egyptian nation; the entire people, though divided into factions and contending with each other. Will I give over - Margin, ‘Shut up.’ The Hebrew word (סכר sākar) usually has…
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
R.V. And I will give over (lit. "shut up") the Egyptians into the hand of a cruel ("hard") lord (in Hebr. plur. of majesty), &c. The words suggest a foreign ruler and are quite applicable to any…
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