What Does Isaiah 19:20 Mean?

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

“And it shall be for a sign”

a signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc

“and for a witness”

concretely, a witness; abstractly, testimony; specifically, a recorder, i.e., prince

“unto the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“of hosts”

a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (speci

“in the land”

the earth (at large, or partitively a land)

“of Egypt”

mitsrajim, i.e., upper and lower egypt

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“for they shall cry”

to shriek; (by implication) to proclaim (an assembly)

near, with or among; often in general, to

“unto the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“because”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“of the oppressors”

properly, to press, i.e., (figuratively) to distress

“and he shall send”

to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)

“them a saviour”

properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor

“and a great one”

abundant (in quantity, size, age, number, rank, quality)

“and he shall deliver”

to snatch away, whether in a good or a bad sense