إِشَعْيَاءَ 19:23

Smith Van Dyke Version

في ذلك اليوم تكون سكة من مصر الى اشور فيجيء الاشوريون الى مصر والمصريون الى اشور ويعبد المصريون مع الاشوريين.

Bible Verse Review
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Isaiah 11:16, Isaiah 35:8-10, Isaiah 40:3-5, Ephesians 2:18-22, Ephesians 3:6-8

Reciprocal: Genesis 25:18 - toward Deuteronomy 32:43 - Rejoice Psalms 87:4 - this man Psalms 96:3 - General Isaiah 11:11 - Egypt Isaiah 27:13 - and they Isaiah 45:14 - The labour Isaiah 60:3 - the Gentiles Jeremiah 12:16 - built Micah 7:12 - also Zechariah 9:7 - he that Zechariah 10:10 - out of the Acts 2:10 - Egypt Acts 10:11 - and a Acts 15:17 - the residue Romans 3:29 - General Colossians 3:11 - there

Gill's Notes on the Bible

In that day shall there be a highway out of Egypt to Assyria,.... It signifies that there should be peace between them, all hostilities should cease, free trade and commerce with each other should be opened, and nothing should hinder communion with one another; which some think had some show of accomplishment in the times of Psammiticus; but it chiefly refers to Gospel times, and to the Christian communion between one nation and another, that receive the Gospel, though before implacable enemies, as the Egyptians and Assyrians were:

and the Assyrian shall come into Egypt, and the Egyptian into Assyria: which is expressive of entire concord and harmony between them, such as was among the first Christians:

and the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians; that is, the Lord, as Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it; they shall both serve the Lord with one shoulder and consent, unite in prayer to the Lord, in hearing the word, and attending on other ordinances. Some render it, "the Egyptians shall serve the Assyrians" g; not as being their lords and masters in a servile way, but by love, as saints do or should serve one another, doing all kind offices of love to each other; see Galatians 5:13.

g ועבדו מצרים את אשור "et serviet Aegyptius Assyrio", Cocceius; "et servient Aegyptii ipsi Assur", Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There shall be a highway - A communication; that is, there shall be an alliance between Egypt and Assyria, as constituting parts of one empire, and as united in the service of the true God. The same figure of a “highway” is found in Isaiah 11:16 (see the note on that place). The truth was, that Alexander, by his conquests, subjected Assyria and Egypt, and they constituted parts of his empire, and were united under him. It was true, also, that there were large numbers of Jews in both these countries, and that they were united in the service of the true God. They worshipped him in those countries; and they met at Jerusalem at the great feasts, and thus Judah, Assyria, and Egypt, were united in his worship.

And the Assyrian shall come into Egypt - There shall be free and uninterrupted contact between the two nations, as parts of the same empire.

And the Egyptians shall serve with the Assyrians - In the same armies; under the same leader. This was the case under Alexander the Great. Or the word ‘serve’ may mean that they would serve God unitedly. So Lowth and Noyes render it.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Isaiah 19:23. Shall there be a highway — Under the latter kings of Persia, and under Alexander, Egypt, Judea, and Assyria lived peaceably under the same government, and were on such friendly terms that there was a regular, uninterrupted intercourse between them, so that the Assyrian came into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria, and Israel became the third, i.e., was in strict union with the other two; and was a blessing to both, as affording them some knowledge of the true God, Isaiah 19:24.