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Tyndale Open Study Notes on Isaiah 19:4

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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Modern study notes
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19:4 hard, cruel master: In 671 BC, the Assyrian king Esarhaddon invaded Egypt and destroyed the royal city of Memphis. In 663 BC, Ashurbanipal attacked and destroyed Thebes (see Nah 3:8-10).
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