He will pass through the sea of affliction, and 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 scepter of Egypt will depart.
ExplanationCommentary
Verse 11. Sea. The Jews pretend that the Bosphorus’ straits were dried up, to afford them a passage. Saint Jerome—But they must produce some stronger text to prove such a miracle. No obstacles shall be able to retard God’s people. Isaiah 11:16.—Assyria. After Epiphanes, the kingdom subsisted only about seventy years.—Egypt. The Ptolemies excluded the natural princes, who have never regained the throne. They who had so often disturbed the Jews, were deprived of their power over them by the Syrians, and never could prevail there again after the Machabees. Calmet.—When the faithful are confirmed in their religion, the enemy cannot hurt them. Worthington.