Isaías 18 (Spanish RV 1909) - Bible Truth Library

Egypt, which is situated between 24 degrees and 32 degrees N. lat. and 30 degrees and 33 degrees E. long., being bounded on the south by Ethiopia, on the north by the Mediterranean, on the east by the mountains of Arabia, and on the west by those of Lybia, is one long vale, 750 miles in length, (through the middle of which runs the Nile,) in breadth from one to two or three day's journey, and even at the widest part of the Delta, from Pelusium to Alexandria, not above 250 miles broad.to a people.

Gn. 10:8‑9• ⁸Y Cush engendró á Nimrod, éste comenzó á ser poderoso en la tierra.
⁹Este fué vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová; por lo cual se dice: Así como Nimrod, vigoroso cazador delante de Jehová. (Gn. 10:8‑9)

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2 Cr. 12:2‑4• ²Y en el quinto año del rey Roboam subió Sisac rey de Egipto contra Jerusalem, (por cuanto se habían rebelado contra Jehová,)
³Con mil y doscientos carros, y con sesenta mil hombres de á caballo: mas el pueblo que venía con él de Egipto, no tenía número; á saber, de Libios, Sukienos, y Etiopes.
⁴Y tomó las ciudades fuertes de Judá, y llegó hasta Jerusalem. (2 Cr. 12:2‑4)

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2 Cr. 14:9• ⁹Y salió contra ellos Zera Etiope con un ejército de mil millares, y trescientos carros; y vino hasta Maresa. (2 Cr. 14:9)

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2 Cr. 16:8• ⁸Los Etiopes y los Libios, ¿no eran un ejército numerosísimo, con carros y muy mucha gente de á caballo? con todo, porque te apoyaste en Jehová, él los entregó en tus manos. (2 Cr. 16:8)

Heb. Meted out and trodden down.

or, that meteth out andtreadeth down.

Heb. of line, line, and treading under foot. This is an allusion to the frequent necessity of having recourse to mensuration in Egypt, in order to determine their boundaries, after the inundation of the Nile had smoothed their land and effaced their landmarks; and to their method of throwing seed upon the mud, when the waters had subsided, and treading it in by turning their cattle into the fields.have spoiled.

or, despise.

Is. 19:5‑7• ⁵Y las aguas de la mar faltarán, y el río se agotará y secará.
⁶Y alejaránse los ríos, se agotarán y secarán las corrientes de los fosos la caña y el carrizo serán cortados.
⁷Las verduras de junto al río, de junto á la ribera del río, y toda sementera del río, se secarán, se perderán, y no serán. (Is. 19:5‑7)

• Verses 4-6 appear to be parenthetical, so that verse 7 is connected with verse 3. Both verses 2 and 7 speak of a people “scattered and peeled [or ravaged]”, who without a question are those we now know as Jews. Our chapter indicates that, when in the last days God gives the signal for their regathering, there will be a distant people with ships who will do what they can to help them. (“Isaiah 18” by F.B. Hole)

J. N. Darby Translation

that sendest ambassadors over the sea, and in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, saying, Go, swift messengers, to a nation scattered and ravagedg, to a people terribleh from their existence and thenceforth; to a nation of continued waitingi and of treading down, whose land the rivers have spoiled!

JND Translation Notes

Or "peeled," "plucked."

Or "marvellous."

Or "of measure, measure," i.e. measured by the judgments of God.