John Trapp on Isaiah 19:1

CHAP. XIX.

Ver. 1. THe burden of Egypt] See chap. 13.1.

Behold the Lord rideth] Heb. riding: ſc. as a Judge, or General of an Army.

Ʋpon a ſwift cloud] i. e. Speedily, ſuddenly, and irreſiſtibly: Clouds are rarely ſeen in Egypt where it raineth not, but Ezek. 30.18. we read of a Cloud that ſhould cover Egypt. By ſwift cloud here ſome underſtand the Virgin Mary, others our Saviours body, or humane nature. And they further tell us that aſſoon as the child Jeſus was brought into Egypt, down fell all the Idols there,Hiſt. Scholaſt. as Dagon did before the Ark. This they ground upon the following words.

And the Idols of Egypt ſhall be moved at his preſence] Whereby I conceive is only meant that rheir gods ſhould not be able to help them, and ſhould therefore loſe their Authority, be diſcredited and decryed.

And the heart of Egypt ſhall melt] As it did firſt when Sennacherib, and then when Nebuchadnezzar came againſt it.