Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 19:13

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13. Noph —called also Moph; Greek, Memphis ( Hosea 9:6 ); on the western bank of the Nile, capital of Lower Egypt, second only to Thebes in all Egypt: residence of the kings, until the Ptolemies removed to Alexandria; the word means the "port of the good" [PLUTARCH]. The military caste probably ruled in it: " they also are deceived," in fancying their country secure from Assyrian invasion. stay of . . . tribes —rather, "corner-stone of her castes" [MAURER], that is, the princes, the two ruling castes, the priests and the warriors: image from a building which rests mainly on its corner-stones (see on Isaiah 19:1 ; Isaiah 28:16 ; Psalms 118:22 ; Numbers 24:17 , Margin; Judges 20:2 ; 1 Samuel 14:28 , Margin; 1 Samuel 14:28- : ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-14" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-isa-19-004

절 (explains)

bible-text/isa-19-13

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological