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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 19:18

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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19:18 five of Egypt’s cities: This is probably just a way of saying “a number of cities” (see also 17:6; 30:17). • Jews living in Egypt after the destruction of Jerusalem spoke Hebrew, here called the language of Canaan. • Heliopolis was devoted to Re, the sun god. At a time when Judah was resisting the Lord, Isaiah envisioned the Egyptians following the Lord.
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