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We continue the study of Isaiah 19:4, 16-25 here in Part 6, starting at verse 17.
(17) The land of Judah will become a terror to Egypt; everyone to whom it is mentioned will be in dread of it, because of the purpose of the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts which He is purposing against them. [[By the end of Daniel's 70th week, the humbled remnant of the Egyptians will be ready to submit to the King of (true) Israel/Judah, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will be reigning on the earth (reigning includes judging) from the time of His mid-week return. I don't believe He will be visibly present throughout much of the forty-two months of the second half of Daniel's 70th week (see number 15 on page 17 of my book, "The Mid-Week Rapture"), but He will be visibly present at the time of His return with the clouds and the rapture (e.g., Matt. 24:30, 31; Rev. 1:7), and He will undoubtedly be visibly present when He comes to the Mount of Olives at Jerusalem not long after the rapture (see number 14 on page 17 of "The Mid-Week Rapture"). I assume that it will be understood that He has claimed Jerusalem as His city from the time of His mid-week return (see the subsection titled "The Lord Jesus Christ Will Claim Jerusalem as His City" on page 70 of "The Mid-Week Rapture"). Whether He is visibly present when He destroys Antichrist and his forces at the end of Daniel's 70th week (Rev. 19:11-21), or not, He will certainly be visibly present at the time the millennial kingdom begins and the remnant of the nations submit to Him, as pictured, for example, in Isa. 2:2-4; 19:18-25.]] (18) In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts [[It isn't clear why this verse mentions "five" cities in the land of Egypt. John A. Martin commented that "the 'five cities in Egypt' no doubt represented the rest of the nation" ("Bible Knowledge Commentary, Old Testament" [Victor Books, 1985], page 1066). It seems clear that all the people in Egypt who remain after God's end-time judgment will submit to Him (cf., e.g., Isa. 45:23; 66:23); the following verses in the chapter we are studying speak of (the remnant of) the entire nation turning to God. Any people that do not submit to Him will surely be dealt with immediately. Whether the remnant of Egypt will literally speak Hebrew, or not, they will submit to the LORD [Yahweh] of hosts, the God of Israel.]]; one will be called the City of Destruction. [[The margin of the NASB mentions that "some ancient manuscripts and versions read [the City of] the Sun," instead of "the City of Destruction." ((I had a footnote: John N. Oswalt ("Book of Isaiah, Chapters 1-39" [Eerdmans, 1986], page 378) points out that "about fifteen Hebrew manuscripts and 1QIsa [which is a Dead Sea Scroll manuscript of Isaiah] have...'sun,' instead of...'destruction.' This reading is supported by Symmachus, the Targum, the Vulgate, and the Arabic version.")) This reading seems more probable than "the City of Destruction
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