18:1 God, in care of his people, will destroy the Ethiopians;
18:7 An accession thereby shall be made to the church. Verse 1am cir, 3290, bc cir, 714WoeBp. Lowth renders, after Bochart, "Ho! to the land of the winged cymbal;" which he thinks is a periphrasis for the Egyptian sistrum; and consequently, that Egypt, "which borders on the rivers of Cush," is the country to which the prophecy is addressed. If we translate "shadowing with wings," it may allude to the multitude of its vessels, whose sails may be represented under the notion of wings.the landIsaiah 20:3-6, 30:2, 30:3, 31:1 shadowingRuth 2:12; Psalm 17:8, 36:7, 57:1, 61:4, 63:7, 91:4; Matthew 23:37 which2 Kings 19:9; Ezekiel 30:4, 30:5; Zephaniah 2:12, 3:10ReciprocalEsther 1:1 - from India; Ezekiel 29:2 - against all; 30:9 - messengers Verse 2sendethIsaiah 30:2-4; Ezekiel 30:9 vesselsIt is well known that the Egyptians commonly used on the Nile a light sort of ships or boats made of the papyrus. See note on Exodus 2:3.to a nationIsaiah 18:7 scattered and peeledor, outspread and polished, Or, as Bp. Lowth renders, "stretched out in length and smoothed." Egypt, which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees n lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees e long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length - through the middle of which runs the Nile
in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.to a peopleGenesis 10:8, 10:9; 2 Chronicles 12:2-4, 14:9, 16:8, HebMeted out and trodden downor, that meteth out and treadeth down, Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot, This is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries, after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in by turning their cattle into the fields.have spoiledor, despise, Isaiah 19:5-7Reciprocal19:6 - the reeds; 42:22 - a people; Jeremiah 49:14 - an ambassador; Obadiah 1:1 - and an Verse 3All yeIsaiah 1:2; Psalm 49:1, 49:2, 50:1; Jeremiah 22:29; Micah 6:2 see yeIsaiah 5:26, 7:18, 13:2, 13:4, 26:11; Amos 3:6-8; Micah 6:9; Zechariah 9:14; Matthew 13:9, 13:16ReciprocalNumbers 2:2 - the ensign; 10:9 - then ye shall; Isaiah 11:12 - set up; 27:13 - the great; 31:9 - he shall pass over to his strong hold for fear; 33:13 - Hear; 34:1 - Come; 62:10 - go through; 66:19 - I will set; Jeremiah 49:14 - an ambassador; 51:27 - ye up; Hosea 8:1 - the trumpet; Obadiah 1:1 - and an; Zechariah 6:8 - quieted; 1 Corinthians 15:52 - last Verse 4I willIsaiah 26:21; Psalm 132:13, 132:14; Hosea 5:15 consider in my dwelling placeor, regard my set dwelling, Isaiah 18:7, 12:6, 14:32, 31:9, 46:13; Joel 3:17 like a clear2 Samuel 23:4; Psalm 72:6 upon herbsor, after rainReciprocalDeuteronomy 33:13 - the dew; Job 37:11 - he scattereth; Isaiah 25:5 - as the heat; 25:10 - in this; 30:18 - wait; Hosea 14:5 - as the dew; Zephaniah 3:17 - he will; Zechariah 6:8 - quieted Verse 5Isaiah 17:11; Song of Songs 2:13, 2:15; Ezekiel 17:6-10ReciprocalPsalm 80:12 - broken; Song of Songs 7:12 - the tender; Jeremiah 51:33 - the time; Hosea 11:6 - consume Verse 6Isaiah 14:19, 34:1-7; Jeremiah 7:33, 15:3; Ezekiel 32:4-6, 39:17-20; Revelation 19:17, 19:18ReciprocalPsalm 80:12 - broken; Isaiah 17:11 - the harvest; Jeremiah 16:4 - meat; Ezekiel 31:13 - General Verse 7shall theIsaiah 16:1, 23:17, 23:18, 45:14; 2 Chronicles 32:23; Psalm 68:29-31, 72:9-15; Zephaniah 3:10; Malachi 1:11; Matthew 2:11; Acts 8:27, 8:28 scattered and peeledor, outspread and polished, Isaiah 18:2 to the18:4, 60:6-9; Micah 4:13; Zechariah 14:16, 14:17ReciprocalNumbers 31:28 - levy; Isaiah 14:2 - and the house; 43:6 - bring; 66:19 - I will set; Jeremiah 48:47 - Yet will I bring