Isaiah 19:4

Isaiah 19:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)I will hand the Egyptians over to the power of a cruel master, and a fierce king will rule over them,” declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
• English Standard Version (ESV)and I will give over the Egyptians into the hand of a hard master, and a fierce king will rule over them, declares the Lord God of hosts.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Egyptians I will give Into the hand of a cruel master, And a fierce king will rule over them,” Says the Lord, the Lord of hosts.

Context of Isaiah 19:4

2“I will turn one Egyptian against another. They will fight— brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3The Egyptians will lose courage. I will unravel their plans. They will turn to idols, ghosts, mediums, and fortunetellers. I will hand over the Egyptians to a harsh master. A strong king will rule them,” declares the Almighty Lord of Armies. 5The water in the Nile River will be dried up, and the river will be dry and empty. 6The canals will stink. Egypt’s streams will be emptied and dried up. The reeds and cattails will wither.

Isaiah 19:4 word by word

וְסִכַּרְתִּי֙ אֶת־מִצְרַ֔יִם בְּיַ֖ד אֲדֹנִ֣ים קָשֶׁ֑ה וּמֶ֤לֶךְ עַז֙ יִמְשָׁל־בָּ֔ם נְאֻ֥ם הָאָד֖וֹן יְהוָ֥ה צְבָאֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andאֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the Egyptiansמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• will I give overסָכַרsâkar · to stopH5534
• into the handיָדyâd · handH3027
• of a cruelקָשֶׁהqâsheh · severeH7186
• lordאָדוֹן'âdôn 'âdôn · lordH113
• and a fierceעַז‛az · strongH5794
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• shall ruleמָשַׁלmâshal · to ruleH4910
• over them, saithנְאֻםne'ûm · utteranceH5002
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of hostsצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635

Cross-references for Isaiah 19:4

• 1 Samuel 23:7When Saul was told that David went to Keilah, Saul said, “God has delivered him into my hands. He has trapped himself by going into a city which has ⌞a gate with⌟ a double door ⌞held shut by⌟ a bar.”
• Psalms 31:8You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have set my feet in a place where I can move freely.
• Isaiah 19:2“I will turn one Egyptian against another. They will fight— brother against brother, neighbor against neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom.
• Isaiah 20:4The king of Assyria will lead away both the young and the old—captives from Egypt and exiles from Sudan. They will be barefoot and naked. Their buttocks will be exposed in order to disgrace Egypt.
• Jeremiah 46:26I’ll hand them over to those who want to kill them, to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon and his officers. Afterward, they will live in peace as they did long ago,” declares the Lord.
• Ezekiel 29:19This is what the Almighty Lord says: I’m going to give Egypt to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. He will carry off its wealth, take its prized possessions, and loot it. That will be the pay for his army.

Commentaries on Isaiah 19:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4A cruel lord "Cruel lords" - Nebuchadnezzar in the first place, and afterwards the whole succession of Persian kings, who in general were hard masters, and grievously oppressed the country. Note, that for קשה kasheh, lord, a MS. reads קשים kashim, lords, agreeable to which is the rendering of the Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4And 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 the sense of shutting up, or closing. Here it means that these contentions would be “closed” or concluded by their being delivered to of a single master. The Septuagint renders it, ́ Paradōsō - I will surrender.‘ Into the hands of a cruel lord - Hebrew…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4harsh master: In 671 BC, the Assyrian king Esarhaddon invaded Egypt and destroyed Memphis, the royal city. In 663 BC, Ashurbanipal attacked and destroyed Thebes (see Nahum 3:8–10).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. cruel lord--"Sargon," in Hebrew it is lords; but plural is often used to express greatness, where, one alone is meant (Ge 39:2). The parallel word "king" (singular) proves it. Newton makes the general reference to be to Nebuchadnezzar, and a particular reference to Cambyses, son of Cyrus (who killed the Egyptian god, Apis), and Ochus, Persian conquerors of Egypt, noted for their "fierce cruelty." Gesenius refers it to Psammetichus, who had brought into…Read the comment

Topics related to Isaiah 19:4

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In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Lord; the Lord
• Egypt
• 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