JUDGMENT UPON EGYPT Isaiah 19:1 The burden of Egypt. Behold, Jehovah rideth upon a swift cloud, and cometh unto Egypt: and the idols of Egypt shall tremble at his presence; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the midst of it (ASV, 1901). Here God begins to express a large burden (Hebrew Massa, judgment) upon the country of Egypt. When it happens it will be swiftly accomplished. God, being about to visit Egypt with a judgment of extreme severity, is represented as entering the land in person. The idols of Egypt shall tremble. The only people group the Lord used to come against the gods of their enemies in ancient times were the Assyrians. They always humbled the gods of the hostile countries. We have Asshur-bani-pal’s first victory over Tirhakah immediately followed by the presentation to him in his camp of Egyptian deities i.e. of their images. These were probably taken to Nineveh, or else destroyed. At a later date, the same monarch deprived an Egyptian temple of two of its sacred obelisks . The heart of Egypt shall melt (Isaiah 13:7; Psalm 22:14). Since the Egyptians worshipped their idols and false gods as if they truly existed and would help them, the Assyrian assault on them brought extreme grief upon them when in fact they could do them no good.
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