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One of them will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/nlt/isaiah/19.htm">New Living Translation</a> In that day five of Egypt’s cities will follow the LORD of Heaven’s Armies. They will even begin to speak Hebrew, the language of Canaan. One of these cities will be Heliopolis, the City of the Sun. <a href="/esv/isaiah/19.htm">English Standard Version</a> In that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One of these will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/bsb/isaiah/19.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/kjv/isaiah/19.htm">King James Bible</a> In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. <a href="/nkjv/isaiah/19.htm">New King James Version</a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/nasb_/isaiah/19.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of armies; one will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/nasb/isaiah/19.htm">NASB 1995</a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/nasb77/isaiah/19.htm">NASB 1977 </a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to the LORD of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/lsb/isaiah/19.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will be speaking the language of Canaan and swearing allegiance to Yahweh of hosts; one will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/amp/isaiah/19.htm">Amplified Bible</a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of [the Hebrews of] Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One [of them] will be called the City of Destruction. <a href="/csb/isaiah/19.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the LORD of Armies. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/hcsb/isaiah/19.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> On that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear loyalty to the LORD of Hosts. One of the cities will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/asv/isaiah/19.htm">American Standard Version</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Jehovah of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction. <a href="/cev/isaiah/19.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The time is coming when Hebrew will be spoken in five Egyptian cities, and their people will become followers of the LORD. One of these cities will be called City of the Sun. <a href="/erv/isaiah/19.htm">English Revised Version</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction. <a href="/gwt/isaiah/19.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> When that day comes, five cities in Egypt will have people that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Armies. One of the cities will be called Heliopolis. <a href="/gnt/isaiah/19.htm">Good News Translation</a> When that time comes, the Hebrew language will be spoken in five Egyptian cities. The people there will take their oaths in the name of the LORD Almighty. One of the cities will be called, "City of the Sun." <a href="/isv/isaiah/19.htm">International Standard Version</a> At that time, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of the Heavenly Armies. One of them will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/msb/isaiah/19.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> In that day five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts. One of them will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/net/isaiah/19.htm">NET Bible</a> At that time five cities in the land of Egypt will speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD who commands armies. One will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/nheb/isaiah/19.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear loyalty to the LORD of hosts. One will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/wbt/isaiah/19.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction. <a href="/web/isaiah/19.htm">World English Bible</a> In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to Yahweh of Armies. One will be called “The city of destruction.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/isaiah/19.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, "" Speaking the lip of Canaan, "" And swearing to YHWH of Hosts, "" “The city of destruction,” is said of one. <a href="/ylt/isaiah/19.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> In that day there are five cities in the land of Egypt, Speaking the lip of Canaan, And swearing to Jehovah of Hosts, 'The city of destruction,' is said of one. <a href="/slt/isaiah/19.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt speaking the lip of Canaan, and they sware to Jehovah of armies; and to one it shall be said, The city of the sun.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/isaiah/19.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt, speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the Lord of hosts: one shall be called the city of the sun. <a href="/cpdv/isaiah/19.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> In that day, there will be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan, and which swear by the Lord of hosts. One will be called the City of the Sun. <a href="/nabre/isaiah/19.htm">New American Bible</a> On that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one shall be called “City of the Sun.” <a href="/nrsvce/isaiah/19.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> On that day there will be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan and swear allegiance to the LORD of hosts. One of these will be called the City of the Sun.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/isaiah/19.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt which speak the language of Canaan and swear by the LORD of hosts; one of them shall be called Haris, the city of destruction. <a href="/hpbt/isaiah/19.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak in the Canaanite language, and they swear by LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, and one of them shall be called Heress<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/isaiah/19.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> In that day there shall be five cities in the land of Egypt that speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called The city of destruction. <a href="/sep/isaiah/19.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> In that day there shall be five cities in Egypt speaking the language of Chanaan, and swearing by the name of the Lord of hosts; one city shall be called the city of Asedec. <a href="/parallel/isaiah/19-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Xv9bHT-nr9s?start=3999" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/isaiah/19.htm">Blessing to Egypt, Assyria, Israel</a> …17The land of Judah will bring terror to Egypt; whenever Judah is mentioned, Egypt will tremble over what the LORD of Hosts has planned against it. 18<a href="/hebrew/1931.htm" title="1931: ha·hū (Art:: Pro-3ms) -- He, she, it. ">In that</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: bay·yō·wm (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">day</a> <a href="/hebrew/2568.htm" title="2568: ḥā·mêš (Number-fs) -- Five. Masculine chamishshah; a primitive numeral; five.">five</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘ā·rîm (N-fp) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">cities</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: bə·’e·reṣ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">in the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt</a> <a href="/hebrew/1696.htm" title="1696: mə·ḏab·bə·rō·wṯ (V-Piel-Prtcpl-fp) -- To speak. A primitive root; perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively, to speak; rarely to subdue.">will speak</a> <a href="/hebrew/8193.htm" title="8193: śə·p̄aṯ (N-fsc) -- Or sepheth; probably from caphah or shaphah through the idea of termination; the lip; by implication, language; by analogy, a margin.">the language</a> <a href="/hebrew/3667.htm" title="3667: kə·na·‘an (N-proper-ms) -- From kana'; humiliated; Kenaan, a son a Ham; also the country inhabited by him.">of Canaan</a> <a href="/hebrew/7650.htm" title="7650: wə·niš·bā·‘ō·wṯ (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-Prtcpl-fp) -- A primitive root; propr. To be complete, but used only as a denominative from sheba'; to seven oneself, i.e. Swear.">and swear allegiance</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (Prep-l:: N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">to the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts.</a> <a href="/hebrew/259.htm" title="259: lə·’e·ḥāṯ (Prep-l:: Number-fs) -- One. A numeral from 'achad; properly, united, i.e. One; or first.">One of them</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: yê·’ā·mêr (V-Nifal-Imperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">will be called</a> <a href="/hebrew/5892.htm" title="5892: ‘îr (N-proper-fs) -- Excitement. Or par; or ayar; from uwr a city in the widest sense.">the City</a> <a href="/hebrew/2041.htm" title="2041: ha·he·res (Art:: N-ms) -- An overthrow, destruction. From harac; demolition.">of the Sun.</a> 19In that day there will be an altar to the LORD in the center of the land of Egypt, and a pillar to the LORD near her border.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Zephaniah 3:9</a> For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder. <a href="/zechariah/14-16.htm">Zechariah 14:16-19</a> Then all the survivors from the nations that came against Jerusalem will go up year after year to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, and to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. / And should any of the families of the earth not go up to Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of Hosts, then the rain will not fall on them. / And if the people of Egypt will not go up and enter in, then the rain will not fall on them; this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes the nations who do not go up to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles. ... <a href="/psalms/87-4.htm">Psalm 87:4</a> “I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me—along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush—when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’” <a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11</a> On that day the Lord will extend His hand a second time to recover the remnant of His people from Assyria, from Egypt, from Pathros, from Cush, from Elam, from Shinar, from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. <a href="/isaiah/45-14.htm">Isaiah 45:14</a> This is what the LORD says: “The products of Egypt and the merchandise of Cush, along with the Sabeans, men of stature, will come over to you and will be yours; they will trudge behind you; they will come over in chains and bow down to you. They will confess to you: ‘God is indeed with you, and there is no other; there is no other God.’” <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-3</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and all nations will stream to it. / And many peoples will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/isaiah/66-18.htm">Isaiah 66:18-21</a> “And I, knowing their deeds and thoughts, am coming to gather all nations and tongues, and they will come and see My glory. / I will establish a sign among them, and I will send survivors from among them to the nations—to Tarshish, Put, and the archers of Lud; to Tubal, Javan, and the islands far away who have not heard of My fame or seen My glory. So they will proclaim My glory among the nations. / And they will bring all your brothers from all the nations as a gift to the LORD on horses and chariots and wagons, on mules and camels, to My holy mountain Jerusalem,” says the LORD, “just as the Israelites bring an offering in a clean vessel to the house of the LORD.” ... <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Jeremiah 12:16</a> And if they will diligently learn the ways of My people and swear by My name, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives’—just as they once taught My people to swear by Baal—then they will be established among My people. <a href="/micah/4-1.htm">Micah 4:1-2</a> In the last days the mountain of the house of the LORD will be established as the chief of the mountains; it will be raised above the hills, and the peoples will stream to it. / And many nations will come and say: “Come, let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways, so that we may walk in His paths.” For the law will go forth from Zion and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem. <a href="/genesis/10-6.htm">Genesis 10:6-14</a> The sons of Ham: Cush, Mizraim, Put, and Canaan. / The sons of Cush: Seba, Havilah, Sabtah, Raamah, and Sabteca. And the sons of Raamah: Sheba and Dedan. / Cush was the father of Nimrod, who began to be a mighty one on the earth. ... <a href="/acts/2-5.htm">Acts 2:5-11</a> Now there were dwelling in Jerusalem God-fearing Jews from every nation under heaven. / And when this sound rang out, a crowd came together in bewilderment, because each one heard them speaking his own language. / Astounded and amazed, they asked, “Are not all these who are speaking Galileans? ... <a href="/matthew/28-19.htm">Matthew 28:19</a> Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, <a href="/revelation/11-8.htm">Revelation 11:8</a> Their bodies will lie in the street of the great city—figuratively called Sodom and Egypt—where their Lord was also crucified. <a href="/revelation/15-4.htm">Revelation 15:4</a> Who will not fear You, O Lord, and glorify Your name? For You alone are holy. All nations will come and worship before You, for Your righteous acts have been revealed.” <a href="/romans/15-9.htm">Romans 15:9-12</a> so that the Gentiles may glorify God for His mercy. As it is written: “Therefore I will praise You among the Gentiles; I will sing hymns to Your name.” / Again, it says: “Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people.” / And again: “Praise the Lord, all you Gentiles, and extol Him, all you peoples.” ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan, and swear to the LORD of hosts; one shall be called, The city of destruction.that day<a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Isaiah 19:19,21</a> In that day shall there be an altar to the LORD in the midst of the land of Egypt, and a pillar at the border thereof to the LORD… <a href="/isaiah/2-11.htm">Isaiah 2:11</a> The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day.<a href="/zechariah/2-11.htm">Zechariah 2:11</a> And many nations shall be joined to the LORD in that day, and shall be my people: and I will dwell in the midst of thee, and thou shalt know that the LORD of hosts hath sent me unto thee.shall five<a href="/isaiah/11-11.htm">Isaiah 11:11</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea.<a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm">Isaiah 27:13</a> And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.<a href="/psalms/68-31.htm">Psalm 68:31</a> Princes shall come out of Egypt; Ethiopia shall soon stretch out her hands unto God.speak<a href="/zephaniah/3-9.htm">Zephaniah 3:9</a> For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the LORD, to serve him with one consent.language.<a href="/genesis/11-1.htm">Genesis 11:1</a> And the whole earth was of one language, and of one speech.and swear<a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Isaiah 45:23,24</a> I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear… <a href="/deuteronomy/10-20.htm">Deuteronomy 10:20</a> Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.<a href="/nehemiah/10-29.htm">Nehemiah 10:29</a> They clave to their brethren, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of the LORD our Lord, and his judgments and his statutes;destruction.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/2_chronicles/36-13.htm">Allegiance</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/psalms/135-11.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm">Five</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-11.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/proverbs/17-20.htm">Language</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-10.htm">Making</a> <a href="/proverbs/31-2.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/isaiah/14-10.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/proverbs/16-13.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/18-4.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-7.htm">Swear</a> <a href="/psalms/63-11.htm">Swearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/17-9.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/psalms/52-2.htm">Using</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Allegiance</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-20.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-20.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/isaiah/23-11.htm">Canaan</a> <a href="/isaiah/25-3.htm">Cities</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-2.htm">City</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Destruction</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/isaiah/30-17.htm">Five</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-31.htm">Heres</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-20.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-11.htm">Language</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-1.htm">Making</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Oaths</a> <a href="/isaiah/28-11.htm">Speak</a> <a href="/isaiah/52-6.htm">Speaking</a> <a href="/isaiah/24-23.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm">Swear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-2.htm">Swearing</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Towns</a> <a href="/isaiah/22-3.htm">Using</a><div class="vheading2">Isaiah 19</div>1. <a href="/isaiah/19-1.htm">The confusion of Egypt</a> 11. <a href="/isaiah/19-11.htm">The foolishness of their princes</a> 18. <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">The calling of Egypt into the church</a> 23. <a href="/isaiah/19-23.htm">The covenant of Egypt, Assyria, and Israel</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Isaiah, it points to a time when God's plans for judgment and redemption will be realized. It suggests a significant shift in the spiritual landscape, particularly concerning Egypt.five cities in the land of Egypt The number five may symbolize completeness or a significant portion of Egypt, indicating a widespread change. Egypt, historically a powerful nation and often an adversary of Israel, is depicted here as undergoing a transformation. This prophecy suggests a future where parts of Egypt will turn towards the God of Israel, indicating a shift from their traditional polytheistic beliefs.will speak the language of Canaan The language of Canaan refers to Hebrew, the language of the Israelites. This implies a cultural and religious shift, as adopting a language often signifies adopting the associated culture and beliefs. It suggests that these Egyptian cities will embrace the faith and practices of the Israelites, symbolizing a turning away from their own gods.and swear allegiance to the LORD of Hosts Swearing allegiance indicates a formal commitment or covenant. The LORD of Hosts is a title emphasizing God's sovereignty and power over all armies, both heavenly and earthly. This phrase suggests a profound conversion experience, where these cities recognize and submit to the authority of the God of Israel, forsaking their previous allegiances.One of them will be called the City of the Sun The City of the Sun likely refers to Heliopolis, a major center of sun worship in ancient Egypt. The transformation of such a city into one that honors the LORD signifies a dramatic change, as it represents the turning of a place known for idolatry into one that acknowledges the true God. This can be seen as a type of Christ, who is the light of the world, bringing truth and redemption to places of spiritual darkness.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> A significant nation in biblical history, often representing worldly power and idolatry. In this prophecy, Egypt is depicted as turning towards the worship of the LORD. 2. <a href="/topical/f/five_cities.htm">Five Cities</a> Symbolic of a significant portion of Egypt, indicating a widespread transformation and acceptance of the worship of the LORD. 3. <a href="/topical/l/language_of_canaan.htm">Language of Canaan</a> Refers to the Hebrew language, symbolizing a shift in allegiance and cultural identity towards the God of Israel. 4. <a href="/topical/l/lord_of_hosts.htm">LORD of Hosts</a> A title for God emphasizing His sovereignty and command over the heavenly armies, indicating His power and authority. 5. <a href="/topical/c/city_of_the_sun.htm">City of the Sun</a> Likely a reference to Heliopolis, a major center of sun worship in Egypt, highlighting the dramatic change from idolatry to worship of the true God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/transformation_of_nations.htm">Transformation of Nations</a> God's power can transform even the most unlikely nations and peoples to worship Him. This encourages us to pray for and witness to all nations, trusting in God's ability to change hearts. <a href="/topical/c/cultural_and_spiritual_shift.htm">Cultural and Spiritual Shift</a> The adoption of the "language of Canaan" signifies a deep cultural and spiritual shift. As believers, we are called to adopt the "language" of faith, aligning our lives with God's Word. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_over_idolatry.htm">God's Sovereignty Over Idolatry</a> The prophecy of Egypt's cities turning to God demonstrates His sovereignty over all forms of idolatry. We should examine our lives for any idols and submit them to God's authority. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_redemption.htm">Hope for Redemption</a> This passage offers hope that no person or nation is beyond God's redemptive reach. We should hold onto hope for the salvation of those who seem far from God.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_isaiah_19.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Isaiah 19</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_appear_silent_or_absent.htm">Why does God appear silent or absent?</a> <a href="/q/could_a_nation_want_egypt_after_miracles.htm">In Numbers 14:2, how plausible is it that a whole nation would suddenly wish to return to Egypt after seeing so many miraculous events?</a> <a href="/q/does_isaiah_19_1-4_match_egyptian_history.htm">Does Isaiah 19:1-4 align with known Egyptian history regarding civil strife and political upheaval?</a> <a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/isaiah/19.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(18) In that day shall five cities in the land of Egypt speak the language of Canaan.--The prophecy is, it will be noticed, parallel to that affecting Ethiopia in <a href="/isaiah/18-7.htm" title="In that time shall the present be brought to the LORD of hosts of a people scattered and peeled, and from a people terrible from their beginning till now; a nation meted out and trodden under foot, whose land the rivers have spoiled, to the place of the name of the LORD of hosts, the mount Zion.">Isaiah 18:7</a>, and at least expresses the yearnings of the prophet's heart after the conversion of Egypt to the worship of Jehovah. Like the previous prediction, it connects itself with Psalms 87, as recording the admission of proselytes as from other countries, so also from Rahab (i.e., Egypt). The "five cities" stand either as a certain number for an uncertain (<a href="/isaiah/30-17.htm" title="One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall you flee: till you be left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill.">Isaiah 30:17</a>; <a href="/isaiah/17-6.htm" title="Yet gleaning grapes shall be left in it, as the shaking of an olive tree, two or three berries in the top of the uppermost bough, four or five in the outmost fruitful branches thereof, said the LORD God of Israel.">Isaiah 17:6</a>; <a href="/leviticus/26-8.htm" title="And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.">Leviticus 26:8</a>; <a href="/1_corinthians/14-19.htm" title="Yet in the church I had rather speak five words with my understanding, that by my voice I might teach others also, than ten thousand words in an unknown tongue.">1Corinthians 14:19</a>), or possibly as the actual number of the chief or royal cities of Egypt. The "language of Canaan" is Hebrew, and the prediction is that this will become the speech of the worshippers of Jehovah in the Egyptian cities. There is to be one universal speech for the universal Church of the true Israel.And swear to the Lord of hosts.--The oath, as in the parallel phrase of <a href="/isaiah/45-23.htm" title="I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear.">Isaiah 45:23</a>, is one of allegiance, and implies, therefore, something like a covenant of obedience. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/isaiah/19.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>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 (<a href="/isaiah/1-25.htm">Isaiah 1:25-27</a>; <a href="/isaiah/2-2.htm">Isaiah 2:2-4</a>; <a href="/isaiah/4-2.htm">Isaiah 4:2-6</a>; <a href="/isaiah/6-13.htm">Isaiah 6:13</a>, 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-heres stand 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. <a href="/commentaries/isaiah/19-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>In that הַה֡וּא (ha·hū) Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1931.htm">Strong's 1931: </a> He, self, the same, this, that, as, are day בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day five חָמֵ֨שׁ (ḥā·mêš) Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2568.htm">Strong's 2568: </a> Five cities עָרִ֜ים (‘ā·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement in the land בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land of Egypt מִצְרַ֗יִם (miṣ·ra·yim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa will speak מְדַבְּרוֹת֙ (mə·ḏab·bə·rō·wṯ) Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1696.htm">Strong's 1696: </a> To arrange, to speak, to subdue the language שְׂפַ֣ת (śə·p̄aṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8193.htm">Strong's 8193: </a> The lip, language, a margin of Canaan כְּנַ֔עַן (kə·na·‘an) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3667.htm">Strong's 3667: </a> Canaan -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their land West of the Jordan and swear allegiance וְנִשְׁבָּע֖וֹת (wə·niš·bā·‘ō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7650.htm">Strong's 7650: </a> To seven oneself, swear to the LORD לַיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel of Hosts. צְבָא֑וֹת (ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ) Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign One of them לְאֶחָֽת׃ (lə·’e·ḥāṯ) Preposition-l | Number - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_259.htm">Strong's 259: </a> United, one, first will be called יֵאָמֵ֖ר (yê·’ā·mêr) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say the City עִ֣יר (‘îr) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5892.htm">Strong's 5892: </a> Excitement of the Sun. הַהֶ֔רֶס (ha·he·res) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2041.htm">Strong's 2041: </a> An overthrow, destruction <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/isaiah/19-18.htm">Isaiah 19:18 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/isaiah/19-18.htm">OT Prophets: Isaiah 19:18 In that day there will be five (Isa Isi Is)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/isaiah/19-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Isaiah 19:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Isaiah 19:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/isaiah/19-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Isaiah 19:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Isaiah 19:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>