Isaiah 19:17

Isaiah 19:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the land of Judah shall be a terror unto Egypt, every one that maketh mention thereof shall be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts, which he hath determined against it.
• New International Version (NIV)And the land of Judah will bring terror to the Egyptians; everyone to whom Judah is mentioned will be terrified, because of what the Lord Almighty is planning against them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the land of Judah will become a terror to the Egyptians. Everyone to whom it is mentioned will fear because of the purpose that the Lord of hosts has purposed against them.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the land of Judah will be a terror to Egypt; everyone who makes mention of it will be afraid in himself, because of the counsel of the Lord of hosts which He has determined against it.

Context of Isaiah 19:17

15No head or tail, palm or reed, will be able to do anything for Egypt. 16On that day Egypt will be like women and will tremble with fear because of the threatening hand of the Lord of Armies when he raises it against them. The land of Judah will terrify Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble because of what the Lord of Armies has planned against it. 18On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the Lord of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun. 19On that day there will be an altar to the Lord in the center of the land of Egypt and a pillar to the Lord near her border.

Isaiah 19:17 word by word

וְ֠הָיְתָה אַדְמַ֨ת יְהוּדָ֤ה לְמִצְרַ֙יִם֙ לְחָגָּ֔א כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר יַזְכִּ֥יר אֹתָ֛הּ אֵלָ֖יו יִפְחָ֑ד מִפְּנֵ֗י עֲצַת֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת אֲשֶׁר־ה֖וּא יוֹעֵ֥ץ עָלָֽיו׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• of Judahיְהוּדָהyehûdâh · JudahH3063
• shall be a terrorחָגָּאchâgâ' · terrorH2283
• unto Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• every one that maketh mentionזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• thereof shall be afraidפָּחַדpâchad · to dreadH6342
• in himself, becauseפָּנֶהpânîym · face: becauseH6440
• of the counselעֵצָה‛êtsâh · counselH6098
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• which he hath determinedיָעַץyâ‛ats · to adviseH3289

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:17

• Isaiah 36:1In the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah, King Sennacherib of Assyria attacked all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• Jeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, his officers, his leaders, all his people,
• Jeremiah 43:8Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah at Tahpanhes:
• Jeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from the land of Egypt to the land of Judah only few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah, the ones going to the land of Egypt to stay there for a while, will know whose word stands, mine or theirs!
• Ezekiel 29:6“‘Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am the Lord, for they have been a staff made of reed to the house of Israel.
• Isaiah 14:24The Lord of Armies has sworn: As I have purposed, so it will be; as I have planned it, so it will happen.
• Isaiah 20:2during that time the Lord had spoken through Isaiah son of Amoz, saying, “Go, take off your sackcloth from your waist and remove the sandals from your feet,” and he did that, going stripped and barefoot —
• Isaiah 46:10I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
• Daniel 4:35All the inhabitants of the earth are counted as nothing, and he does what he wants with the army of heaven and the inhabitants of the earth. There is no one who can block his hand or say to him, “What have you done?”

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17And the land of Judah - The threatening hand of God will be held out and shaken over Egypt, from the side of Judea; through which the Assyrians will march to invade it. It signifies that kind of terror that drives one to his wit's end, that causes him to reel like a drunken man, to be giddy through astonishment. Such is the import of חג chag, and חגה chagah . Five MSS. and two editions have לחגה lechagah .Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17And the land of Judah - The fear and consternation of Egypt shall be increased when they learn what events are occurring there, and what Yahweh has purposed in regard to it. Shall be a terror - This cannot be understood to mean that they were in danger from an invasion by the Jews, for at that time they were not at war, and Judah had no power to overrun Egypt. Jarchi and Kimchi suppose that the passage means that the Egyptians would hear what had occurred…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-25See also Jeremiah 46; Ezekiel 29–32.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. Judah ... terror unto Egypt--not by itself: but at this time Hezekiah was the active subordinate ally of Assyria in its invasion of Egypt under Sargon. Similarly to the alliance of Judah with Assyria here is 2Ki 23:29, where Josiah takes the field against Pharaoh-nechoh of Egypt, probably as ally of Assyria against Egypt [G. V. Smith]. Vitringa explains it that Egypt in its calamities would remember that prophets of Judah had foretold them, and so…Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Judah
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Judah, kingdom of Judah
• Judea, Judah
• Lord of Hosts
• Palestine
• Evil
• Ezekiel
• Isaiah

Commentaries on Isaiah 19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings