When did Egypt experience civil war and subjection to a fierce king? (Isaiah 19:2, 4)
2 And I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians: and they shall fight every one against his brother, and every one against his neighbour; city against city, and kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of Egypt shall fail in the midst thereof; and I will destroy the counsel thereof: and they shall seek to the idols, and to the charmers, and to them that have familiar spirits, and to the wizards. 4 And the Egyptians will I give over into the hand of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord, the Lord of hosts.
Isaiah 19:2 - 4
ESV - 2 And I will stir up Egyptians against Egyptians, and they will fight, each against another and each against his neighbor, city against city, kingdom against kingdom. 3 And the spirit of the Egyptians within them will be emptied out, and I will confound their counsel; and they will inquire of the idols and the sorcerers, and the mediums and the necromancers.
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Asked August 15 2019
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Jack Gutknecht
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Tim Maas
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I would say that the events of which Isaiah was speaking followed the overthrow of Ethiopia by Sargon of Assyria. When Ethiopian control of Egypt was removed, Egypt was disrupted by internal conflicts, until it also was brought under Assyrian control under the later Assyrian king Esarhaddon.
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