At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
Parallel translations
- WEB At the time appointed he shall return, and come into the south; but it shall not be in the latter time as it was in the former.
- KJV At the time appointed he shall return, and come toward the south; but it shall not be as the former, or as the latter.
- ESV “At the time appointed he shall return and come into the south, but it shall not be this time as it was before.
- NKJV “At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.
- NASB “At the appointed time he will return and come into the South, but this last time it will not turn out the way it did before.
- NLT “Then at the appointed time he will once again invade the south, but this time the result will be different.
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Quick answer
At the appointed time he invades the south again, but this campaign does not go as before. The tyrant's renewed aggression meets a different outcome.
Overview
Again the phrase 'at the time appointed' marks God's governing hand over events. This second invasion of Egypt, however, ends in frustration rather than success, as the next verse explains. The reversal shows that even a powerful oppressor is restrained when God so determines, his ambitions checked at the moment He chooses.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 14:31Wail, O gate! Cry out, O city! Melt away, all you Philistines! For a cloud of smoke comes from the north, and there are no stragglers in its ranks.
- Dan 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia, a message was revealed to Daniel, who was called Belteshazzar. The message was true, and it concerned a great conflict. And the understanding of the message was given to him in a vision.
- Dan 8:19and said, “Behold, I will make known to you what will happen in the latter time of wrath, because it concerns the appointed time of the end.
- Dan 11:25And with a large army he will stir up his power and his courage against the king of the South, who will mobilize a very large and powerful army but will not withstand the plots devised against him.
- Dan 11:23After an alliance is made with him, he will act deceitfully; for he will rise to power with only a few people.
- Acts 17:26From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands.
- Gal 4:2He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
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