Isaiah 19:20
“And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the LORD of hosts in the land of Egypt: for they shall cry unto the LORD because of the oppressors, and he shall send them a saviour, and a great one, and he shall deliver them.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
And it shall be for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts in the land of Egypt,.... This refers either to what…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
And it shall be for a sign - The altar, and the pillar. This shows that the altar was not to be for sacrifice, but was a…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Isaiah 19:18-25
Out of the thick and threatening clouds of the foregoing prophecy the sun of comfort here breaks forth, and it is the…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
for a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of hosts i.e. a reminder that He has a people in Egypt, and that by their…
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