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

15There will be no work for Egypt to do, for head or tail, palm branch or rush. 16In that day Egypt will be like women trembling with fear, because of the shaking hand of Adonai-Tzva’ot, which He is about to wave over it. The land of Judah will terrify Egypt. Anyone who mentions it will be afraid, because of what Adonai-Tzva’ot has surely purposed against it. 18In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan, swearing allegiance to Adonai-Tzva’ot. One used to be called the City of the Sun. 19In that day there will be an altar to Adonai in the middle of the land of Egypt, and next to the border a pillar to Adonai.

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 36:1Now it came to pass in the fourteenth year of King Hezekiah that King Sennacherib of Assyria came up against all the fortified cities of Judah and captured them.
• Jeremiah 25:19Pharaoh king of Egypt, with his servants, his princes and all his people;
• Jeremiah 43:8the word of Adonai came to Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,
• Jeremiah 44:28Those escaping the sword will return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah only few in number. Then the remnant of Judah who entered the land of Egypt to sojourn there, will know whose word stands up—Mine or theirs!” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Ezekiel 29:6Then all the inhabitants of Egypt will know that I am Adonai, because they were a staff of reed to the house of Israel.
• Isaiah 14:24Adonai Tzva’ot has sworn, saying: “Surely, as I thought it, so it will be. As I have purposed, so it will stand.
• Isaiah 20:2at that time Adonai spoke by Isaiah the son of Amoz saying, “Go, remove the sackcloth from your loins and your sandals from your feet.” So he did so, walking naked and barefoot.
• Isaiah 46:10declaring the end from the beginning, from ancient time, what is yet to come, saying, “My purpose will stand, and I will accomplish all that I please.”

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

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• 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