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coyenanted to be protector to Israel and
Judah-promised great things and per-
formed almost nothing, treacherously
leaving those notions to their fate. Isaiah
by inspiration foretold the ultimate desti-
ny of that nation, his words in regard to
Egypt are chiefly found in the nineteen
and twentieth chapters of his prophesies.
Behold the Lord rideth upon swift
cloud and shall come into Egypt" That
is the Lord shall come into Egypt by a
great invading army. "And the Idols
of Egyptshall be moved at his presence,
and the heart of Egypt shall melt in the
midst of it."
"This refers both to the first invasion
by Nebuchadnezzar and the subsequent
ones by the Persians, all of which occur
red after Isaiah was dead. '.And will
set the Egyptians against the Egyptians,
and they shall fight every one against his
brother and every one against his neigh
Dor; city against city and kingdom against
kingdom" That is the little petty king
doms into which Egypt was diyed.
We have here description of the po-
litical state of Egypt, at the time when
Pharaoh Hopra, and Amasis were RIVALS
for the throne and Egypt was involved
in an internal war. ''And the spirit of
Egypt shall fail in the midst there, and !
will destroy the council thereof, and they
shall seek to be idols and to be charmers,
and to them that have familiar spirits and
to the wizards FL.
The eye of the prophet here glances
forward to the end of the Babylonian
captivity, and the beginning of the Persi-
an dominion when Cambysis, the Mad,
invaded Egypt, and continues the vision
through the subsequent Persian invasion.
He describes minutely the effect!upon the
water land, and the inhabitants resulting
from beseiging the fortresses of the Delta.
"And the Egyptians will give over into
the hands of cruel Lord and fierce
king shall rule over them, saith the Lord
of hosts. And the waters shall fail from
the sea and the rivers shall be dried up"
Thus he continues the theme to the six
teenth verse, all of which is involved in
the history of Persia, and various Persian
invasions of Egypt.
The latter part of the chapter extends
the vision to the time of the Grecian do
minion Of Egpyt, when Ptolemy Phila-
delphus caused the bible to be translated
into Greek at Alexander, when the Jews
in Egypt enjoyed great privileges, built a
temple similar to the one in Jerusalem,
and in five cities worshipped according to
the Jewish forms.
The Jews of Egypt and of Palestine,
with the captives that had returned from
Babylon, built city not far from Carlo,
which they called Babylon; this was the
city alluded to in the 18th verse. The
fourth verse of the Goth chapter alludes
to an earlier event which occurred in the
life time of the prophet.
Jeremiah lived in the time of Pharaoh
Neco and Pharaoh Hopra, and at the be-
ginning of the captivity of Jerusalem and
Judea. He warned the remnant of the
Jews not to depend upon Judea for help,
but they disregarded his council and the
remnant fled into Egypt carrying the
prophet against his will with them. Here
he soon after died, or as some writer's say,
was put to death for his faithful prophesies
against both Egyptians and Jews. His
prophesies in 73 and II chapters regard
chiefly the fate Of the fugitive Jews in
Egypt, and the explanation of them is
more properly referred to the history of
that people. He, however, incidently re-
fers to the fate of Egypt and its king
''Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God Of
Israel behold Z will send and take Ne
buchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, my
servant, and will set the throne upon these
stones that l have hid and he shall spread
his royal pavilion over them. And when
he cometh, he shall smite the land of
Egypt and deliver such as are for death to
death, and such as are for captivity
to captivity, and such as are for the
sword to the sword. And will kim
die fire in the houses of the Gods of
Egypt and he shall burn them and carry
away captives and he shall array himself
with the land of Egypt, as Shepherd
putteth on his garment, and he shall 60
forth from thence in peace. %
No reporter has given minute detail
OF all the incidents of this campaign but
this much is certain that in the reign of
Pharaoh Hophra Nebuchadnezzar having
previously captured and desolated Jeru-
selem, marched great army into Egypt
-subjugated Pharao Hophra and raised
Amassis to the throne.
He subdued the whole land burnt many
splendid edifces and returned in triumph
to his own land, carrying with him a great
number of captives and a vast AMOUNT