p. 453 | Prophecy Fulfilled by Bible Lands

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jul 31, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 29.

Prophecy Fulfilled.

By Bible Lands

THE present condition of Egypt strikingly fulfills the prophecies concerning her, and, what is remarkable, the ruin of this nation was brought about, as foretold, by internal dissensions: "I will set the Egyptians against the Egyptians; and they shall fight every one against his brother; . . . city against city, and kingdom against kingdom; . . . and I will . . . give [them] over into the hands of a cruel lord; and a fierce king shall rule over them, saith the Lord." "It shall be the basest of the kingdoms; neither shall it exalt itself any more above the nations; . . . and there shall be no more a prince of the land of Egypt." Isa. 19:2; Eze. 29:15; 30:13. And more remarkable still is the fulfillment of the prophecy touching the reeds that once abounded along her watercourses, the papyrus being now unknown in Egypt: "The reeds and flags shall wither . . . the paper-reeds by the brooks . . . shall wither . . . and be no more." Isa. 19:6, 7.

Thus, in the literal fulfillment of these predictions, as well as in the harmony of biblical and Egyptian chronology and in the perfect agreement between the narratives of Scripture and the arts and productions, manners and social life, of this ancient people, we have beautifully set forth the truth of the inspired record, so that they who half a century ago sneered at the Bible as a budget of fables, errors, and contradictions, now regard it as the infallible word and wisdom of God.—Bible Lands.