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Isaiah 19:5

Isaiah 19:5
And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And the waters shall fail from the sea,.... Which Kimchi understands figuratively of the destruction of the Egyptians by the king of Assyria, compared to the drying up of the waters of the Nile; and…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And the waters shall fail - Here commences a description of the “physical” calamities that would come upon the land, which continues to Isa 19:10. The previous verses contained an account of the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 19:1-17

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…

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