isaiah 19 and 20

Read Isaiah 19 and 20 at Bible Gateway.

Hebrew paragraph divisions

Isa 19:1-17 {s} YHVH will cast down the idols of Egypt/ civil war + economic ruin/ terror because of Judah
Isa 19:18 {s} In that day five cities in Egypt will speak Hebrew + worship YHVH
Isa 19:19-22 {s} In that day Egypt will cry to YHVH because of their oppressors + He will deliver them + heal them
Isa 19:23 {s} The highway from Egypt to Assyria/ Assyrians + Egyptians worship together
Isa 19:24-25 {s} Israel one of three with Egypt and Assyria, who worship YHVH
Isa 20:1-2 {s} YHVH commanded Isaiah to walk naked and barefoot
Isa 20:3-6 {p} Isaiah walked naked + barefoot as a sign to Egypt + Ethiopia, that Assyria will lead them captive

strong theme

Isa 19:1-20:6 {sx6+p} Idols of Egypt cast down + Egyptians, Ethiopians captive, but they will turn to YHVH

Isa 19 is the burden against Egypt. Egypt will be in dread because of the LORD of hosts and because of Judah (Isa 19:16-17). Present day Israel is composed primarily of Judah (the Jews). Egypt will suffer oppression, and they will cry out to the LORD because of their oppression, and He will send them a Savior and a Deliverer, who will cause Egypt to know the LORD (Isa 19:19-22). The oppression Egypt has been suffering under is the oppression of Islam, which we have been reading about in the news. The Savior and Deliverer YHVH will send them, I believe, is Messiah Yeshua. There will be a great revival which will sweep Egypt, and I believe will deliver Egypt from the oppression of Islam and Islamic rule. This prophecy is being fulfilled in our day.

Egypt will join with Israel, along with Assyria, as a three- nation axis of peace and blessing in the Middle East (Isa 19:23-24). Ancient Assyria is today located mostly in the present day Kurdish homeland, in northern Iraq, southern Turkey, and eastern Syria. In fact, the Kurds are ethnically separate from Iraqis, Turks, and Syrians, being of Assyrian descent. The modern states of Iraq, Turkey, and Syria were created at the end of World War I, and at that time there was a proposal to create a modern Assyrian state also, which was scrapped. But as the Kurds are currently striving for independence from these three states, I believe because of Isaiah’s prophecy that they will succeed. They have been waging war against ISIS in Iraq, and when they have won this war against them (largely won by summer of 2018) perhaps that is the time they will become a separate nation again.

In this nation, there will be a great revival as in Egypt. That there will be a highway between Egypt and Assyria says to me that Iraq will necessarily be subdued, and Arabia at least at peace with them, so that travel will flow freely between the two. They will ally themselves with Egypt and Israel, and the Israel-Egypt-Assyria triangle will be a blessing to the Middle East.

These events have not happened yet but are poised to happen. ISIS will not prevail in the Middle East (I originally wrote this in 2015, before anyone had any inking President Trump would be our next President and Defense Secretary Mattis would wipe out ISIS in Iraq and Syria), but the LORD God will prevail. When you see them unfold in the headlines, know that it is the LORD God who has told the end from the beginning, through His servant the prophet Isaiah, for His word will surely come to pass.