1. Isaiah 19:5–6 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

To what does "the sea" refer?

Isaiah 19:5–6 (ESV)

5 And the waters of the sea will be dried up, and the river will be dry and parched,

The sea refers to the Nile River. Even today, Arabs speak of the Nile as the sea.

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