The Strand Study Bible

ISAIAH 19:18

ISAIAH 21:2

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HOSTS , which he hath determined against it. P 18 1 In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. P 19 1 In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD. P 20 1 And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a 2 SAVIOUR , and a great one, and he shall deliver them. P P 21 1 And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, 3 and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it. P 22 1 And the LORD shall smite Egypt: he shall smite and heal it: and they shall return even to the LORD, and he shall be intreat- ed of them, and shall heal them. P 23 1 In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria, and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria, and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians. P 24 1 In that day shall Israel be the third with Egypt and with Assyria, even a blessing in the midst of the land: 25 1 Whom the LORD of hosts shall bless, saying, Blessed be Egypt my people, and Assyria the work of my hands, and Israel mine inheritance. P Isaiah 20 The promise of Egypt and Ethiopia’s fall to Assyria (Fulfilled - around 680 BC)

Isaiah hath walked naked and barefoot three years 5 for a sign and wonder upon Egypt and upon Ethiopia; P 4 So shall the 6 king of Assyria 5 lead away the Egyptians prisoners, and the Ethiopians captives, young and old, naked and barefoot, even with their buttocks uncovered, to the shame of Egypt. P 5 5 And they shall be afraid and ashamed of Ethiopia their expectation, and of Egypt their glory. P 6 And the inhabitant of this isle shall say 5 in that day, Behold, such is our expectation, whither we flee for help to be delivered from the king of Assyria: and how shall we escape? P

1. Fulfilled - Rev 20:4 (Israel’s

Restoration) 2. or, “Christ”- Fulfilled - Rev 20:4,6 (Christ’s Kingdom) 3. Mal 1:11 4. that is, “Sargon II” Note - He ruled Assyria from 722 - 705 BC. 5. Fulfilled - c. 680 BC (Fall of Egypt & Ethiopia) 6. or, “Esarhaddon (King of Assyria)” 7. Fulfilled - Dan 5:30-31 (Fall of Babylon) 8. that is, “the desert plain on which Babylon was built” 9. Isa 24:16 & Jere 5:11 10. or, “Persia” 11. Isa 13:17

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Ashdod

One of Sargon’s Generals invades Ashdod Map #235 Isaiah 21 The promise of Babylon’s fall to Medo-Persia (Fulfilled - Dan 5:30,31 - 539 BC) (Note - This portion of Isaiah’s prophecy took place in the 16th year of King Hezekiah’s reign) Date Written - c. 711 BC/AM 3289

(Note - This portion of Isaiah’s prophecy took place in the 16th year of King Hezekiah’s reign) Date Written - c. 711 BC/AM 3289

1 In the year that Tartan came unto Ashdod, (when 4 Sargon the king of Assyria sent him,) and fought against Ashdod, and took it; 2 At the same time spake the LORD by Isaiah the son of Amoz, saying, Go and loose the sackcloth from off thy loins, and put off thy shoe from thy foot. And he did so, walking naked and barefoot. 3 And the LORD said, Like as my servant 2 A grievous vision is declared unto me; 9 the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. 7 Go up, O 10 Elam: besiege, O 11 Media; all the sighing thereof have Imade to cease. P 19:19-20 This word ( pillar ) is a Hebrew word meaning “monument.” Some believe this “monument” at the border of Egypt is 1 7 The burden of the 8 desert of the sea. As whirlwinds in the south pass through; so it cometh from the desert, from a terrible land. P