“At the appointed time he shall return and go toward the south; but it shall not be like the former or the latter.
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.
- BSB At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
- 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 14:31Howl, gate! Cry, city! You are melted away, Philistia, all of you; for smoke comes out of the north, and there is no straggler in his ranks.
- Dan 10:1In the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed to Daniel, whose name was called Belteshazzar; and the thing was true, even a great warfare: and he understood the thing, and had understanding of the vision.
- Dan 8:19He said, Behold, I will make you know what shall be in the latter time of the indignation; for it belongs to the appointed time of the end.
- Dan 11:25He shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall war in battle with an exceeding great and mighty army; but he shall not stand; for they shall devise devices against him.
- Dan 11:23After the treaty made with him he shall work deceitfully; for he shall come up, and shall become strong, with a small people.
- Acts 17:26He made from one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the surface of the earth, having determined appointed seasons, and the boundaries of their dwellings,
- Gal 4:2but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
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