Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 19:5

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5. the sea —the Nile. Physical calamities, it is observed in history, often accompany political convulsions ( Ezekiel 30:12 ). The Nile shall "fail" to rise to its wonted height, the result of which will be barrenness and famine. Its "waters" at the time of the overflow resemble "a sea" [PLINY, Natural History , 85.11]; and it is still called El-Bahr, " "the sea," by the Egyptians ( Isaiah 18:2 ; Jeremiah 51:36 ). A public record is kept at Cairo of the daily rise of the water at the proper time of overflow, namely, August: if it rises to a less height than twelve cubits, it will not overflow the land, and famine must be the result. So, also, when it rises higher than sixteen; for the waters are not drained off in time sufficient to sow the seed. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-6" class="com-number"

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