Isaiah 19

Isaiah 19 is the nineteenth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This chapter focuses on Egypt.

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 25 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis, the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets, Aleppo Codex, Codex Leningradensis.
Fragments containing parts of this chapter were found among the Dead [Sea Scrolls] :

1QIsa^a: complete
1QIsa^b: extant: verses 1, 7‑17, 20‑25
4QIsa^a : extant: verses 9‑14
4QIsa^b : complete

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BC. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus, Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Marchalianus.

Parashot

The parashah sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex. Isaiah 19 is a part of the Prophecies about the Nations . : open parashah; : closed parashah.

Structure

German theologian Franz Delitzsch regards as a connecting link between two contrasting pictures of Egypt's future: the prospect of judgment in and the remoter prospect of conversion and prosperity in.

Proclamation Against Egypt

Verse 1

"Burden" : "oracle, prophecy"; the keyword in the superscriptions for a total of nine similar oracles; the others being: Isaiah 13:1; 15:1; 17:1; 21:1, 11, 13; 22:1; 23:1.
"Totter": "shake"

Verse 13

"Princes": here refer to a group of expert counselors of the Egyptian Pharaoh; despite their renowned wisdom they are mock as incapable.
Noph was the Hebrew name for the ancient city of Memphis.

Verse 15

"the head or tail": see. Isaiah 9:15 gives the following interpretation of the terms:

Verse 18

Some Hebrew manuscripts, the Arabic text, the Dead Sea Scrolls, Targum, and Vulgate refer to the Sun, while the Septuagint reads Asedek. The name "City of the Sun" is used in the Revised Standard Version and New International Version. John Wycliffe used the Greek name Heliopolis.