Study it in the app“And distress will pass through the sea, and he will strike the waves in the sea, and all the depths of the Nile will dry up; and the pride of Assyria will be brought down, and the rod of Egypt will depart.”
And distressצָרָהwill passוְעָבַרthrough the sea,בַּיָּםand he will strikeוְהִכָּהthe wavesגַּלִּיםin the sea,בַיָּםand allוְ כֹּלthe depthsמְצוּלוֹתof the Nileיְאֹרwill dry up;הֹבִישׁוּand the prideוְ גְּאוֹןof Assyriaאַשּׁוּרwill be brought down,הוּרַדand the rodוְשֵׁבֶטof Egyptמִצְרַיִםwill depart.יָסוּר
distress
A time of hardship or danger.
Where else “tsara” appearspass
To get over a river, or go through a land.
Where else “avar” appearssea
The sea, or a large lake.
Where else “yam” appearsstrike
To give a blow to someone or something, with the hand or a weapon.
Where else “hika” appearswave
The rising swell of the sea.
Where else “galim” appearsdepths
The depths of the sea; also deep mire.
Where else “metsulot” appearsNile
See it on the mapWhere else “yeor” appearsdry up
To lose water or moisture and become parched or withered.
Where else “hovishu” appearspride
Thinking oneself above others, a person or nation.
Where else “geon” appearsAssyria, Asshur
See it on the mapWhere else “ashur” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “hurad” appearsrod
A stick for guiding or correcting; the king's sign of power.
Where else “shevet” appearsEgypt, Mizraim
See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appearsturn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasur” appearsIt can be understood that the image recalls the crossing of the sea when Israel came out of Egypt.
1Nile
Today: Nile River, Uganda to Egypt and the Mediterranean
Egypt's great river; it flows north to the Mediterranean Sea.
Pharaoh dreamed beside the Nile (Gen 41:1). God turned its waters to blood (Exod 7:20), and baby Moses was placed on its bank (Exod 2:3-5).
2Assyria
Today: northern Iraq (with parts of Syria, Turkey, Iran)
An empire of northern Mesopotamia along the Tigris River, in present-day Iraq.
Assyria took the northern kingdom of Israel captive (2 Kgs 17:6). God sent Jonah to preach in Nineveh, its capital (Jonah 3:3).
3Egypt
Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)
A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.
Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).
10And I will bring them back from the land of Egypt, and from Assyria I will gather them; and to the land of Gilead and Lebanon I will bring them, and room will not be found for them.
11 · This verse (above)
12And I will strengthen them in YHWH, and in his name they will walk, declares YHWH.”
