Verses 2–7
That sendeth ambassadors
The local reference is evidently to an embassy from Egypt, resulting in the alliance denounced in Is. 30., 31., Jeremiah 37:7-11.
Commentary
Isaiah 18
Scofield Reference Notes (1917 edition) (1917)
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