Isaiah 19:16
In that day, shall Egypt be like unto women,—And shall start and tremble because of the brandishing of the hand of Yahweh of hosts, which he is about to brandish over it.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15And Egypt shall have nothing which can be done, Which head or tail, palm-top or rush, can do!
Cross References
Exodus 11:6then shall there be a great outcry, in all the land of Egypt,—such, as never was and, such, as shall not be again.
Isaiah 10:32While yet to-day, in Nob, he tarrieth, He brandisheth his hand toward The mount of the daughter of Zion, The hill of Jerusalem.
Isaiah 30:17One thousand, before the war-cry of one—before the war-cry of five, shall ye flee,—Until ye have been left, As a pole on the top of a mountain, And as an ensign upon a hill.
Jeremiah 30:5Yea, thus, saith Yahweh, A voice of trembling, have we heard, Dread and not welfare!
Jeremiah 51:30The heroes of Babylon have ceased to fight They have remained in the strongholds, Parched is their might, They have become women,—They have set fire to her habitations, Broken are her bars!
Nahum 3:13Lo! thy people, are women, in thy midst, to thy foes, have been set wide open the gates of thy and,—a fire, hath devoured, thy bars.
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 →