Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Isaiah 19:7

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7. paper-reeds —rather, pastures, literally, "places naked" of wood, and famed for rich herbage, on the banks of the Nile [GESENIUS]. Compare Genesis 13:10 ; Deuteronomy 11:10 . HORSLEY translates, "nakedness upon the river," descriptive of the appearance of a river when its bottom is bare and its banks stripped of verdure by long drought: so Vulgate. the brooks —the river. mouth —rather, "the source" [ Vulgate ]. "Even close to the river's side vegetation shall be so withered as to be scattered in the shape of powder by the wind" ( English Version, "driven away") [HORSLEY]. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-8" class="com-number"

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