Isaiah 19:19

19:19 At that time there will be an altar for the Lord in the middle of the land of Egypt, as well as a sacred pillar ¹  dedicated to the Lord at its border.

Isaiah 19:21

19:21 The Lord will reveal himself to the Egyptians, and they ²  will acknowledge the Lord’s authority ³  at that time. ⁴  They will present sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the Lord and fulfill them.

Isaiah 2:11

2:11 Proud men will be brought low,

arrogant men will be humiliated; ⁵ 

the Lord alone will be exalted ⁶ 

in that day.

Zechariah 2:11

2:11 “Many nations will join themselves to the Lord on the day of salvation, ⁷  and they will also be my ⁸  people. Indeed, I will settle in the midst of you all.” Then you will know that the Lord who rules over all has sent me to you.

¹ tn This word is sometimes used of a sacred pillar associated with pagan worship, but here it is associated with the worship of the Lord.

² tn Heb “Egypt.” For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, the present translation uses the pronoun (“they”) here.

³ tn Heb “will know the Lord.”

⁴ tn Heb “in that day” (so KJV), likewise at the beginning of vv. 23 and 24.

⁵ tn Heb “and the eyes of the pride of men will be brought low, and the arrogance of men will be brought down.” The repetition of the verbs שָׁפַל (shafal) and שָׁחָח (shakhakh) from v. 9 draws attention to the appropriate nature of the judgment. Those proud men who “bow low” before idols will be forced to “bow low” before God when he judges their sin.

⁶ tn Or “elevated”; CEV “honored.”

⁷ tn Heb “on that day.” The descriptive phrase “of salvation” has been supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tc The LXX and Syriac have the 3rd person masculine singular suffix in both places (“his people” and “he will settle”; cf. NAB, TEV) in order to avoid the Lord’s speaking of himself in the third person. Such resort is unnecessary, however, in light of the common shifting of person in Hebrew narrative (cf. 3:2).