Isaiah 19:4

And the Mitzrayim will I give over 1 into the yad adonim kasheh (power of hard taskmasters); 1 and a fierce melech shall rule over them, 1 saith HaAdon Hashem Tzva'os. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

3And the ruach Mitzrayim shall be disheartened within him; 1 and I will frustrate the etzah thereof; 1 and they shall consult the elilim (idols, false g-ds), and to the ittim (sorcerers, necromancers), 1 and to the ovot (mediums with familiar spirits), and to the wizards. 1

5And the mayim shall roll back from the yam, 1 and the Nile shall be parched and dried up. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 31:8I will be glad and rejoice in Thy chesed; 1 for Thou hast seen my affliction; 1 Thou hast known the tzoros (troubles) of my nefesh; 1

Isaiah 20:3And Hashem said, Just as Avdi Yeshayah hath walked arom (naked) and barefoot shalosh shanim for an ot and mofet against Mitzrayim and Kush;

Jeremiah 46:26And I will deliver them into the yad of those that seek their nefesh, and into the yad of Nevukhadretzar Melech Bavel, and into the yad of his avadim; and afterward it shall be inhabited, as in the yemei kedem (days of old), saith Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Isaiah 19:2-18

The Doom of Egypt. ( b. c. 710.) 1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, the Lord rideth upon a swift cloud, and shall come into Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall be moved at his presence, and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it. 2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel… Read the whole commentary →

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