The Pulpit Commentary on Isaiah 19:12

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

Where are they? where, etc.? rather, Where, then, are thy wise men? If thou hast any, let them come forward anti predict the coming course of events, what Jehovah has determined to do (compare similar challenges in the later chapters of the book, Isaiah 41:21-23; Isaiah 43:9; Isaiah 48:14, etc.

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