(June 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm)CDF47 Wrote: Verses 18-22. - THE TURNING OF EGYPT TO JEHOVAH. The chastisement of the Egyptians shall be followed, after a while, by a great change. Influences from Canaan shall penetrate Egypt (ver. 18), an altar shall be raised in her midst to Jehovah (ver. 19), and she herself shall cry to him for succor (ver. 20) and be delivered (ver. 20). Egypt shall even become a part of Jehovah's kingdom, shall "know him," and serve him with sacrifice and oblation (ver. 21), and perform her vows to Jehovah, and have her supplications heard by him, and be converted and healed (ver. 22). Verse 18. - In that day. Not really the day of vengeance, but that which, in the prophet's mind, is most closely connected with it - the day of restitution - whereof he has spoken perpetually (Isaiah 1:25-27; Isaiah 2:2-4; Isaiah 4:2-6; Isaiah 6:13, etc.). The two are parts of one scheme of things, and belong in the prophet's mind to one time. Shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan. It is quite true, as Mr. Cheyne remarks, that the Eastern Delta was from a very early date continually more and more Semitized by an influx of settlers from Palestine, and that Egyptian literature bears strong marks of this linguistic influence. But this is scarcely what the prophet intends to speak about. He is not interested in philology. What he means is that there will be an appreciable influx into Egypt of Palestinian ideas, thoughts, and sentiments. "Five" is probably used as a "round" number. The first manifest fulfillment of the prophecy was at the foundation of Alexandria, when the Jews were encouraged to become settlers by the concession of important privileges (Josephus, 'Contr. Ap.,' 2:4), and where they ultimately became the predominant element in the population, amounting, according to Philo ('In Flaec.,' § 6), to nearly a million souls. The next great Palestinian influx was under Ptolemy YI. (Philometor), when Onias fled from Palestine with a number of his partisans, and obtained permission to erect a Jewish temple near Heliopelis. The site of this temple is probably marked by the ruins at Tel-el-Yahoudeh ('Quarterly Statement' of Palest. Expl. Fund for July, 1880, pp. 137-139). It seems to have been a center to a number of Jewish communities in the neighborhood. In this double way Jehovah became known to Egypt before Christianity. A Christian Church was early established in Alexandria, possibly by St. Mark. Swear to the Lord of hosts; i.e."swear fidelity to him." One shall be called, The city of destruction. Some manuscripts read 'Ir-ha-Kheres, "City of the Sun," for 'Ir-ha-heres, "City of Destruction," in which case the reference would be plainly to Heliopelis, which was in the immediate neighborhood of Tel-el-Yahoudeh, and which in the Ptolemaic period may well have fallen under Jewish influence. Even if 'Ir-ha-heresstand as the true reading, the name may still have been given with allusion to Heliopolis, the prophet intending to say, "That city which was known as the City of the Sun-God shall become known as the City of Destruction of the Sun-God and of idolatrous worship generally." That Heliopolis did actually fall under Jewish influence in the Ptolemaic period appears from a remarkable passage of Polyhistor, who says of the Exodus and the passage of the Red Sea, "The Memphites say that Moses, being well acquainted with the district, watched the ebb of the tide, and so led the people across the dry bed of the sea; but they of Heliopolis affirm that the king, at the head of a vast force, and having the sacred animals also with him, pursued after the Jews, because they were carrying away with them the riches which they had borrowed from the Egyptians. Then, "they say," the voice of God commanded Moses to smite the sea with his rod, and divide it; and Moses, when he heard, touched the water with it, and so the sea parted asunder, and the host marched through on dry ground." Such an account of the Exodus would scarcely have been given by Egyptians unless they were three parts Hebraized.

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http://biblehub.com/commentaries/isaiah/19-18.htm

(June 18, 2018 at 9:20 pm)CDF47 Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 8:22 pm)sdelsolray Wrote: Reported for plagiarism.  This is the second time.

Sources cited.

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(June 18, 2018 at 9:14 pm)sdelsolray Wrote: It's the second time he's plagiarized in this thread.  He doesn't seem to care.  After all, he's the important one, at least according to him.

The sources are posted now so not plagiarism. Also, which post did I claim to be important. Please provide post number.

(June 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm)CDF47 Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 3:49 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Ezekiel 26: 1-21 prophecies that Tyre will be destroyed by the king of Babylon and never be rebuilt, but after a 13-year siege Tyre surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar's authority and was not destroyed. It was razed by Alexander a couple of hundred years later, but was rebuilt and still exists today.

Isaiah 19:18 prophesies that the Egyptians will wind up speaking Canaanite, which never happened and Canaanite is now a dead language.

There's two failed prophecies off the top of my head.

In Ezekiel 26:4, the prophet said the buildings of Tyre would be ripped down and that the rubble would be scraped away. This might have happened in two stages.

(June 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm)CDF47 Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 3:49 pm)Mister Agenda Wrote: Ezekiel 26: 1-21 prophecies that Tyre will be destroyed by the king of Babylon and never be rebuilt, but after a 13-year siege Tyre surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar's authority and was not destroyed. It was razed by Alexander a couple of hundred years later, but was rebuilt and still exists today.

In Ezekiel 26:4, the prophet said the buildings of Tyre would be ripped down and that the rubble would be scraped away. This might have happened in two stages. The Babylonians destroyed the mainland of Tyre during an attack that ended in 573 BC. Then, Alexander the Great attacked the island of Tyre in 333-332 BC. It is believed that Alexander's army scraped the rubble from the mainland and tossed it into the sea, building a land bridge to the island to conquer it. The prophecy may have been fulfilled in another way: During the centuries after Alexander's conquest of Tyre, the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs came to the area of Tyre and put up their own buildings on or near the site of the original Phoenician Tyre. In doing this, the workers would have had to remove rubble from the original Phoenician Tyre.

http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ezekiel_26_4.htm

(June 19, 2018 at 11:24 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm)CDF47 Wrote: In Ezekiel 26:4, the prophet said the buildings of Tyre would be ripped down and that the rubble would be scraped away. This might have happened in two stages. The Babylonians destroyed the mainland of Tyre during an attack that ended in 573 BC. Then, Alexander the Great attacked the island of Tyre in 333-332 BC. It is believed that Alexander's army scraped the rubble from the mainland and tossed it into the sea, building a land bridge to the island to conquer it. The prophecy may have been fulfilled in another way: During the centuries after Alexander's conquest of Tyre, the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs came to the area of Tyre and put up their own buildings on or near the site of the original Phoenician Tyre. In doing this, the workers would have had to remove rubble from the original Phoenician Tyre.

http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ezekiel_26_4.htm

21 I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 26:21, ESV

Modern day Tyre, found!

(June 18, 2018 at 11:25 pm)Astreja Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 7:49 pm)CDF47 Wrote: The symbols are defined in the Bible itself.  Below are a list of the symbols and their references in the Bible:  {snip link}

I reject your interpretation, as I think the Bible is a piece of trash.  I prefer my version.  

(June 19, 2018 at 11:24 am)Jörmungandr Wrote:

(June 18, 2018 at 8:11 pm)CDF47 Wrote: In Ezekiel 26:4, the prophet said the buildings of Tyre would be ripped down and that the rubble would be scraped away. This might have happened in two stages. The Babylonians destroyed the mainland of Tyre during an attack that ended in 573 BC. Then, Alexander the Great attacked the island of Tyre in 333-332 BC. It is believed that Alexander's army scraped the rubble from the mainland and tossed it into the sea, building a land bridge to the island to conquer it. The prophecy may have been fulfilled in another way: During the centuries after Alexander's conquest of Tyre, the Greeks, Romans, Crusaders and Arabs came to the area of Tyre and put up their own buildings on or near the site of the original Phoenician Tyre. In doing this, the workers would have had to remove rubble from the original Phoenician Tyre.

http://www.aboutbibleprophecy.com/ezekiel_26_4.htm

21 I will bring you to a dreadful end, and you shall be no more. Though you be sought for, you will never be found again, declares the Lord God.
Ezekiel 26:21, ESV

Modern day Tyre, found!