Psalms 18:15(v9)Then the channels of waters appeared. The foundations of the world were laid bare at your rebuke, Yahweh, at the blast of the breath of…
Psalms 78:13(v9)He split the sea, and caused them to pass through. He made the waters stand as a heap.
Isaiah 51:10(v9)Isn’t it you who dried up the sea, the waters of the great deep; who made the depths of the sea a way for the redeemed to pass over?
Isaiah 63:11-14(v9)Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying, “Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his…
Nahum 1:4(v9)He rebukes the sea, and makes it dry, and dries up all the rivers. Bashan languishes, and Carmel; and the flower of Lebanon languishes.
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Nehemiah 9:11(vv9–10)You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the middle of the sea on the dry land; and you cast their pursuers into the…
Exodus 14:21-22(v9)Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all night, and made the sea dry land,…
Exodus 14:27-29(v9)Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against…
Exodus 14:30(v10)Thus Yahweh saved Israel that day out of the hand of the Egyptians; and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the seashore.
Exodus 14:31–15:21(v12)Israel saw the great work which Yahweh did to the Egyptians, and the people feared Yahweh; and they believed in Yahweh and in his servant…
Psalms 66:6(v9)He turned the sea into dry land. They went through the river on foot. There, we rejoiced in him.
Psalms 77:19-20(v9)Your way was through the sea; your paths through the great waters. Your footsteps were not known. You led your people like a flock, by the…
Psalms 107:2(v10)Let the redeemed by Yahweh say so, whom he has redeemed from the hand of the adversary,
Psalms 136:13-16(v9)to him who divided the Red Sea apart; for his loving kindness endures forever; and made Israel to pass through the middle of it; for his…
Psalms 78:52-53(v9)But he led out his own people like sheep, and guided them in the wilderness like a flock. He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid,…
Exodus 15:5(v11)The deeps cover them. They went down into the depths like a stone.
Psalms 114:3-7(v9)The sea saw it, and fled. The Jordan was driven back. The mountains skipped like rams, the little hills like lambs. What was it, you sea,…
Isaiah 50:2(v9)Why, when I came, was there no one? When I called, why was there no one to answer? Is my hand shortened at all, that it can’t redeem? Or…
Isaiah 11:14-16(v9)They will fly down on the shoulders of the Philistines on the west. Together they will plunder the children of the east. They will extend…
Micah 6:4(v10)For I brought you up out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage. I sent before you Moses, Aaron, and Miriam.
Matthew 8:26(v9)He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea, and there was a great calm.
Exodus 14:13(v11)Moses said to the people, “Don’t be afraid. Stand still, and see the salvation of Yahweh, which he will work for you today; for you will…
Exodus 14:27-28(v11)Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against…
Job 6:22-23(v10)Did I say, ‘Give to me?’ or, ‘Offer a present for me from your substance?’ or, ‘Deliver me from the adversary’s hand?’ or, ‘Redeem me from…
Psalms 78:53(v11)He led them safely, so that they weren’t afraid, but the sea overwhelmed their enemies.
Psalms 136:24(v10)and has delivered us from our adversaries; for his loving kindness endures forever:
Luke 8:13(v12)Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, receive the word with joy; but these have no root, who believe for a while, then fall away…
John 8:30-31(v12)As he spoke these things, many believed in him. Jesus therefore said to those Jews who had believed him, “If you remain in my word, then…
Exodus 15:9-10(v10)The enemy said, ‘I will pursue. I will overtake. I will divide the plunder. My desire will be satisfied on them. I will draw my sword. My…
Exodus 15:10(v11)You blew with your wind. The sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
Exodus 15:13(v10)“You, in your loving kindness, have led the people that you have redeemed. You have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.
Exodus 15:19(v11)For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Yahweh brought back the waters of the sea on…
Deuteronomy 11:4(v10)and what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red Sea to overflow them as they…
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John Calvin1540 · Public DomainOn v1212. Then they believed his words In stating that…
12. Then they believed his words In stating that they believed God’s word, and sang his praise, the prophet does not say this to their commendation, but rather to increase, in a twofold manner, their guilt; because, being convinced by such indubitable testimony, they yet instantly resumed their wonted disposition of mind, and began to rebel against God, as if they had never beheld his wonderful works. How very inexcusable was that impiety which in a moment could forget the remarkable benefits which they had been constrained to admit! Overpowered by the grandeur of God’s works, they were, he says, in spite of themselves, compelled to believe in God, and give glory to him, and thus the criminality of their rebellion was increased; because, although their stubbornness was overcome, yet they immediately relapsed into their former state of unbelief. A question, however, arises, seeing that true faith always corresponds with the nature of the word, and as the word is an incorruptible seed, so though it may happen to be almost, it never can be totally destroyed. But there is a temporary faith, as Mark calls it, (Mark 4:17) which is not so much a fruit of the Spirit of regeneration, as of a certain mutable affection, and so it soon passeth away. It is not a voluntary faith which is here extolled by the prophet, but rather that which is the result of compulsion, namely, because men, whether they will or not, by a sense which they have of the power of God, are constrained to show some reverence for him. This passage ought to be well considered, that men, when once they have yielded submission to God, may not deceive themselves, but may know that the touchstone of faith is when they spontaneously receive the word of God, and constantly continue firm in their obedience to it.
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Geneva Bible translators1599 · Public DomainOn v12The wonderful works of God caused them to believe…
The wonderful works of God caused them to believe for a time, and to praise him.
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John Trapp1656 · Public DomainOn vv9–12Psa 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and…
Psa 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red Sea also] Ingentia beneficia, flagitia, supplicia, as appeareth in the subsequent verses.
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So he led them through the depths] Inter duas aquarum congeries, between two mountains of waters, which stood on each hand of them as a wall, and made a lane. Every main affliction is our Red Sea; which while it threateneth to swallow us up, preserveth us.
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Matthew Poole1685 · Public DomainOn vv9–10As securely as if they had walked upon the…
As securely as if they had walked upon the dry land.
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John Gill1763 · Public DomainOn vv9–12He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was…
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up,.... By sending a strong east wind, which drove the waters back, and made the sea a dry land, Exo 14:21.
So he led them through the depths; that is, the deep waters of the sea, which were cast up as an heap, and stood as a wall on each side, through which they passed.
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As through the wilderness; or rather, "as on a plain"; for a passage through a wilderness where no roads are, and many obstructions be, is not easy; and so it is manifestly to be understood in Isa 63:13, where Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it a plain and smooth ground, a champaign country; and so the word is used for a plain, in opposition to mountains, in Jer 9:10, and then the sense is, that God led them through the sea, being dried up, as if they were led through a plain and open country, where was nothing to obstruct their march; an emblem of baptism, Co1 10:1, and of the passage of the people of God through this world; See Gill on Psa 78:13.
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John Wesley1765 · Public DomainOn v9Led them - As securely as if they had…
Led them - As securely as if they had walked upon the dry land.
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Adam Clarke1810 · Public DomainOn vv9, 10, 12Verse 9. He rebuked the Red Sea] In the…
Verse 9. He rebuked the Red Sea] In the descriptions of the psalmist every thing has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
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Albert Barnes1834 · Public DomainOn vv9–12He rebuked the Red Sea also - The word…
He rebuked the Red Sea also - The word rendered “rebuke” commonly means to chide - as when one is angry with another for having done wrong. Here it is evidently a poetic term, meaning that he spake “as if” he were angry; or “as if” the Red Sea did wrong in presenting an obstacle or obstruction to the passage of his people. Compare Exo 14:21-22,
So he led them through the depths - Through what had been the abyss; what had seemed to be depths, being covered with water.
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As through the wilderness - As through a desert or dry place; as he afterward led them through the wilderness. The waters parted asunder, and made a way for them.
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Daniel D. Whedon1874 · Public DomainOn vv9, 129. Rebuked the Red sea—See note on Psa_104:7.
9. Rebuked the Red sea—See note on Psa_104:7.
Through the depths—Through the cavernous and rocky bed of the Red sea, as if it were an open country. Exodus 14; Isa_51:10
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges1878 · Public DomainOn vv9, 11, 129. He rebuked &c.] Cp. Psa_104:7; Isa_50:2; Nah_1:4.
9. He rebuked &c.] Cp. Psa_104:7; Isa_50:2; Nah_1:4.
so he led them &c.] Apparently a reminiscence of Isa_63:13 : cp. Isa_51:10.
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as through a wilderness] I.e. on dry ground, Exo_14:22. But R.V. marg. may be right in rendering pasture-land, suggesting the metaphor of a flock, Psa_77:20.
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The Pulpit Commentary1880 · Public DomainOn vv9–12He rebuked the Red Sea also (comp. Psa_104:7, "At…
He rebuked the Red Sea also (comp. Psa_104:7, "At thy rebuke they i.e. the waters fled;" see also Isa_50:2 Nah_1:4) The Hebrew poets constantly represent God"s dealings with inanimate nature in terms proper to his dealings with his rational creatures, thus personifying material things. And it was dried up. (see Exo_14:21, Exo_14:22) So he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. (comp. Isa_63:13) Midbar, the word translated "wilderness," is properly a smooth stretch of down, very level, and suited for sheep walks.
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Charles H. Spurgeon1885 · Public DomainOn vv9–12Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and…
Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up. A word did it. The sea heard his voice and obeyed. How many rebukes of God are lost upon us! Are we not more unmanageable than the ocean? God did, as it were, chide the sea, and say, "Wherefore dost thou stop the way of my people? Their path to Canaan lies through thy channel, how dare you hinder them?" The sea perceived its Master and his seed royal, and made way at once.
So he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. As if it had been the dry floor of the desert the tribes passed over the bottom of the gulf; nor was their passage venturesome, for HE bade them go;nor dangerous, for He led them. We also have under divine protection passed through many trials and afflictions, and with the Lord as our guide we have experienced no fear and endured no perils. We have been led through the deeps as through the wilderness.
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Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up. A poetical expression, signifying that the Red Sea retired at God's command, just as a slave would fly from his master's presence on being severely rebuked. Robert Bellarmine.
Ver. 9. He rebuked. We do not read that any voice was sent forth from heaven to rebuke the sea; but he hath called the Divine Power by which this was effected, a rebuke, unless indeed any one may choose to say, that the sea was secretly rebuked, so that the waters might hear, and yet men could not. The power by which God acts is very abstruse and mysterious, a power by which he causeth that even things devoid of sense instantly obey at his will. Augustine.
Ver. 9. Wilderness. Midbar; a broad expanse of poor dry land, suited for sheep walks (like our South Downs, or Salisbury Plain). Compare Isa 43:13. William Kay.
Ver. 9. Israel at the Red Sea. See "Spurgeon's Sermons", No. 72.
1. Israel's three difficulties.
(a) The Red Sea in front of them. This was not put there
by an enemy; but by God himself. The Red Sea
represents some great and trying providence placed in
the path of every newborn child of God, to try his
faith, and the sincerity of his trust in God.
b) The Egyptians behind them, the representatives of the sins which we thought were dead and gone. (c) The third difficulty was faint hearts within them.
2. Israel's three helps.
(a) Providence.
(b) Their knowledge that they were the covenant people of
God.
(c) The man, Moses. So the believer's hope and help is
in the God man Christ Jesus.
3. God's grand design in it. To give them a thorough baptism into his service, consecrating them for ever to himself (1Co 1-2).
Ver. 9. (second clause). Dangerous and difficult paths rendered safe and easy by God's leadership.
Psalms 106:10*
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The Biblical Illustrator1887 · Public DomainOn v9He rebuked the:Red Sea also.
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He rebuked the:Red Sea also.
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Israel at the Red Sea
No doubt the children of Israel supposed that now all was over; the Egyptians had sent them away, entreating them to depart, and loading them with riches. They said within themselves, We shall now march to Canaan at once; there will be no more dangers, no more trials. Not quite so speedily, says God; the time is not arrived yet for you to rest. It is true I have delivered you from Egypt; but there is much you have to learn before you will be prepared to dwell in Canaan. Therefore I shall lead you about, and instruct you, and teach you.
I. The children of Israel just now had three difficulties--three exceeding great dangers. And so I believe that every heir of heaven, within a very short period after the time of his deliverance, will meet with the same.
1. The first they had was a great trial sent by God Himself. There was the Red Sea in the front of them. Now, it was not an enemy that put the sea there; it was God Himself. We may therefore think, that the Red Sea represents some great and trying providence, which the Lord will be sure to place in the path of every new-born child; in order to try his faith, and to test the sincerity of his trust in God.
2. Then the children of Israel had a second difficulty. They would not have cared about the Red Sea a single atom, if they had not been terrified by the Egyptians who were behind them. These are the representatives of those sins of ours which we thought were clean dead and gone. The pangs after we come out of Egypt are at times even more painful than those we feel in the house of bondage; and there is usually a time of trial a little while after the new birth, which is even more terrible and awful than the previous agony of the soul, though not usually so protracted.
3. But there was a third difficulty, which perhaps wrought them more misery than either of the other two; these poor children of Israel had such faint hearts. They no sooner saw the Egyptians than they began to cry out; and when they beheld the Red Sea before them, they murmured against their Deliverer. A faint heart is the worst foe a Christian can have; whilst he keeps his faith firm, whilst the anchor is fixed deep in the rock, he never need fear the storm; but when the hand of faith is palsied, or the eye of faith is dim, it will go hard with us.
II. But, thanks be to God I the children of Israel had three helps. Oh! child of God, dost thou discern this mystery? Whenever thou hast three trials, thou wilt always have three promises; and if thou hadst forty afflictions, thou wouldst have forty measures of grace.
1. The first help they had was Providence. Providence put the Red Sea there, and piled the rocks on either hand, while providence represented by the fiery cloudy pillar had led them to its shore, and conducted them into the defile, and now the same pillar of providence came to their assistance. They had not come thither undirected, and therefore they should not be left unprotected, for the same cloudy pillar which led them there came behind them to protect them. Cheer up, then, heir of grace! What is thy trial? Has providence brought it upon thee? If so, unerring wisdom will deliver thee from it.
2. Again: the children of Israel had another refuge, in the fact that they knew that they were the covenant people of God, and that, though they were in difficulties, God had brought them there, and therefore God was bound in honour to bring them out of that trouble into which He had brought them. Well, says the child of God, I know I am in a strait, but this one thing I also know, that I did not come out of Egypt by myself--I know that He brought me out; I know that I did not escape by my own power, or slay my first-born sins myself--I know that He did it; and though I fled from the tyrant--I know that He made my feet mighty for travel, for there was not one feeble in all our tribes; I know that though I am at the Red Sea, I did not run there uncalled, but He bade me go there, and therefore I give to the winds my fears; for if He hath led me here into this difficulty, He will lead me out, and lead me through.
3. The third refuge which the children of Israel had was in a man; and neither of the two others, without that, would have been of any avail. It was the man Moses. He did everything for them. Thy greatest refuge, O child of God! in all thy trials, is in a man: not in Moses, but in Jesus; not in the servant, but in the master. He is interceding for thee, unseen and unheard by thee, even as Moses did for the children of Israel. Look! on yonder rock of heaven He stands, cross in hand, even as Moses with his rod. Cry to Him, for with that uplifted cross He will cleave a path for thee, and guide thee through the sea; He will make those hoary floods, which had been friends for ever, stand asunder like foes. Call to Him, and He will make thee a way in the midst of the ocean, and a path through the pathless sea.
III. God had a design in it. And here, also, we wish you to regard with attention what Gods design is, in leading the Christian into exceeding great trials in the early part of his life. They were all baptized, says the apostle, unto Moses, in the cloud and in the sea. Gods design in bringing His people into trouble, and raising all their sins at their heels, is to give them a thorough baptism into His service, consecrating them for ever to Himself. I mean by baptism this morning, not the rite, but what baptism represents. Baptism signifies dedication to God--initiation into Gods service. It is not when we are first converted that we so fully dedicate ourselves to God, as afterwards, when some great Red Sea rolls before us. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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C. I. Scofield1917 · Public DomainOn v10Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
redeemed
Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0On v10He saved them from the hand ... and he…
He saved them from the hand ... and he rescued them from the hand
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are used together to emphasize that Yahweh saved them from their enemies. (See: Parallelism)
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the hand of those who hated them
Here "hand" refers to power or control. AT: "the power of those who hated them" or "the control of those who hated them" (See: Metonymy)
covered their adversaries
This is a polite way to talk about them drowning. AT: "drowned their enemies" (See: Euphemism)
Then they believed his words
Here the word "they" refers to "their ancestors" and the word "his" refers to "Yahweh."
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John Calvin 1540 · Public Domain On v12 12. Then they believed his words In stating that…
12. Then they believed his words In stating that they believed God’s word, and sang his praise, the prophet does not say this to their commendation, but rather to increase, in a twofold manner, their guilt; because, being convinced by such indubitable testimony, they yet instantly resumed their wonted disposition of mind, and began to rebel against God, as if they had never beheld his wonderful works. How very inexcusable was that impiety which in a moment could forget the remarkable benefits which they had been constrained to admit! Overpowered by the grandeur of God’s works, they were, he says, in spite of themselves, compelled to believe in God, and give glory to him, and thus the criminality of their rebellion was increased; because, although their stubbornness was overcome, yet they immediately relapsed into their former state of unbelief. A question, however, arises, seeing that true faith always corresponds with the nature of the word, and as the word is an incorruptible seed, so though it may happen to be almost, it never can be totally destroyed. But there is a temporary faith, as Mark calls it, (Mark 4:17) which is not so much a fruit of the Spirit of regeneration, as of a certain mutable affection, and so it soon passeth away. It is not a voluntary faith which is here extolled by the prophet, but rather that which is the result of compulsion, namely, because men, whether they will or not, by a sense which they have of the power of God, are constrained to show some reverence for him. This passage ought to be well considered, that men, when once they have yielded submission to God, may not deceive themselves, but may know that the touchstone of faith is when they spontaneously receive the word of God, and constantly continue firm in their obedience to it.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain On v12 The wonderful works of God caused them to believe…
The wonderful works of God caused them to believe for a time, and to praise him.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain On vv9–12 Psa 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and…
Psa 106:9 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up: so he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red Sea also] Ingentia beneficia, flagitia, supplicia, as appeareth in the subsequent verses.
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So he led them through the depths] Inter duas aquarum congeries, between two mountains of waters, which stood on each hand of them as a wall, and made a lane. Every main affliction is our Red Sea; which while it threateneth to swallow us up, preserveth us.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain On vv9–10 As securely as if they had walked upon the…
As securely as if they had walked upon the dry land.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain On vv9–12 He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was…
He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up,.... By sending a strong east wind, which drove the waters back, and made the sea a dry land, Exo 14:21.
So he led them through the depths; that is, the deep waters of the sea, which were cast up as an heap, and stood as a wall on each side, through which they passed.
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As through the wilderness; or rather, "as on a plain"; for a passage through a wilderness where no roads are, and many obstructions be, is not easy; and so it is manifestly to be understood in Isa 63:13, where Jarchi and Kimchi interpret it a plain and smooth ground, a champaign country; and so the word is used for a plain, in opposition to mountains, in Jer 9:10, and then the sense is, that God led them through the sea, being dried up, as if they were led through a plain and open country, where was nothing to obstruct their march; an emblem of baptism, Co1 10:1, and of the passage of the people of God through this world; See Gill on Psa 78:13.
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Led them - As securely as if they had walked upon the dry land.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain On vv9, 10, 12 Verse 9. He rebuked the Red Sea] In the…
Verse 9. He rebuked the Red Sea] In the descriptions of the psalmist every thing has life. The sea is an animated being, behaves itself proudly, is rebuked, and retires in confusion.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain On vv9–12 He rebuked the Red Sea also - The word…
He rebuked the Red Sea also - The word rendered “rebuke” commonly means to chide - as when one is angry with another for having done wrong. Here it is evidently a poetic term, meaning that he spake “as if” he were angry; or “as if” the Red Sea did wrong in presenting an obstacle or obstruction to the passage of his people. Compare Exo 14:21-22,
So he led them through the depths - Through what had been the abyss; what had seemed to be depths, being covered with water.
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As through the wilderness - As through a desert or dry place; as he afterward led them through the wilderness. The waters parted asunder, and made a way for them.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain On vv9, 12 9. Rebuked the Red sea—See note on Psa_104:7.
9. Rebuked the Red sea—See note on Psa_104:7.
Through the depths—Through the cavernous and rocky bed of the Red sea, as if it were an open country. Exodus 14; Isa_51:10
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain On vv9, 11, 12 9. He rebuked &c.] Cp. Psa_104:7; Isa_50:2; Nah_1:4.
9. He rebuked &c.] Cp. Psa_104:7; Isa_50:2; Nah_1:4.
so he led them &c.] Apparently a reminiscence of Isa_63:13 : cp. Isa_51:10.
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as through a wilderness] I.e. on dry ground, Exo_14:22. But R.V. marg. may be right in rendering pasture-land, suggesting the metaphor of a flock, Psa_77:20.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On vv9–12 He rebuked the Red Sea also (comp. Psa_104:7, "At…
He rebuked the Red Sea also (comp. Psa_104:7, "At thy rebuke they i.e. the waters fled;" see also Isa_50:2 Nah_1:4) The Hebrew poets constantly represent God"s dealings with inanimate nature in terms proper to his dealings with his rational creatures, thus personifying material things. And it was dried up. (see Exo_14:21, Exo_14:22) So he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. (comp. Isa_63:13) Midbar, the word translated "wilderness," is properly a smooth stretch of down, very level, and suited for sheep walks.
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Charles H. Spurgeon 1885 · Public Domain On vv9–12 Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and…
Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up. A word did it. The sea heard his voice and obeyed. How many rebukes of God are lost upon us! Are we not more unmanageable than the ocean? God did, as it were, chide the sea, and say, "Wherefore dost thou stop the way of my people? Their path to Canaan lies through thy channel, how dare you hinder them?" The sea perceived its Master and his seed royal, and made way at once.
So he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness. As if it had been the dry floor of the desert the tribes passed over the bottom of the gulf; nor was their passage venturesome, for HE bade them go;nor dangerous, for He led them. We also have under divine protection passed through many trials and afflictions, and with the Lord as our guide we have experienced no fear and endured no perils. We have been led through the deeps as through the wilderness.
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Ver. 9. He rebuked the Red sea also, and it was dried up. A poetical expression, signifying that the Red Sea retired at God's command, just as a slave would fly from his master's presence on being severely rebuked. Robert Bellarmine.
Ver. 9. He rebuked. We do not read that any voice was sent forth from heaven to rebuke the sea; but he hath called the Divine Power by which this was effected, a rebuke, unless indeed any one may choose to say, that the sea was secretly rebuked, so that the waters might hear, and yet men could not. The power by which God acts is very abstruse and mysterious, a power by which he causeth that even things devoid of sense instantly obey at his will. Augustine.
Ver. 9. Wilderness. Midbar; a broad expanse of poor dry land, suited for sheep walks (like our South Downs, or Salisbury Plain). Compare Isa 43:13. William Kay.
Ver. 9. Israel at the Red Sea. See "Spurgeon's Sermons", No. 72.
1. Israel's three difficulties.
(a) The Red Sea in front of them. This was not put there
by an enemy; but by God himself. The Red Sea
represents some great and trying providence placed in
the path of every newborn child of God, to try his
faith, and the sincerity of his trust in God.
b) The Egyptians behind them, the representatives of the sins which we thought were dead and gone. (c) The third difficulty was faint hearts within them.
2. Israel's three helps.
(a) Providence.
(b) Their knowledge that they were the covenant people of
God.
(c) The man, Moses. So the believer's hope and help is
in the God man Christ Jesus.
3. God's grand design in it. To give them a thorough baptism into his service, consecrating them for ever to himself (1Co 1-2).
Ver. 9. (second clause). Dangerous and difficult paths rendered safe and easy by God's leadership.
Psalms 106:10*
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The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain On v9 He rebuked the:Red Sea also.
Psa_106:9
He rebuked the:Red Sea also.
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Israel at the Red Sea
No doubt the children of Israel supposed that now all was over; the Egyptians had sent them away, entreating them to depart, and loading them with riches. They said within themselves, We shall now march to Canaan at once; there will be no more dangers, no more trials. Not quite so speedily, says God; the time is not arrived yet for you to rest. It is true I have delivered you from Egypt; but there is much you have to learn before you will be prepared to dwell in Canaan. Therefore I shall lead you about, and instruct you, and teach you.
I. The children of Israel just now had three difficulties--three exceeding great dangers. And so I believe that every heir of heaven, within a very short period after the time of his deliverance, will meet with the same.
1. The first they had was a great trial sent by God Himself. There was the Red Sea in the front of them. Now, it was not an enemy that put the sea there; it was God Himself. We may therefore think, that the Red Sea represents some great and trying providence, which the Lord will be sure to place in the path of every new-born child; in order to try his faith, and to test the sincerity of his trust in God.
2. Then the children of Israel had a second difficulty. They would not have cared about the Red Sea a single atom, if they had not been terrified by the Egyptians who were behind them. These are the representatives of those sins of ours which we thought were clean dead and gone. The pangs after we come out of Egypt are at times even more painful than those we feel in the house of bondage; and there is usually a time of trial a little while after the new birth, which is even more terrible and awful than the previous agony of the soul, though not usually so protracted.
3. But there was a third difficulty, which perhaps wrought them more misery than either of the other two; these poor children of Israel had such faint hearts. They no sooner saw the Egyptians than they began to cry out; and when they beheld the Red Sea before them, they murmured against their Deliverer. A faint heart is the worst foe a Christian can have; whilst he keeps his faith firm, whilst the anchor is fixed deep in the rock, he never need fear the storm; but when the hand of faith is palsied, or the eye of faith is dim, it will go hard with us.
II. But, thanks be to God I the children of Israel had three helps. Oh! child of God, dost thou discern this mystery? Whenever thou hast three trials, thou wilt always have three promises; and if thou hadst forty afflictions, thou wouldst have forty measures of grace.
1. The first help they had was Providence. Providence put the Red Sea there, and piled the rocks on either hand, while providence represented by the fiery cloudy pillar had led them to its shore, and conducted them into the defile, and now the same pillar of providence came to their assistance. They had not come thither undirected, and therefore they should not be left unprotected, for the same cloudy pillar which led them there came behind them to protect them. Cheer up, then, heir of grace! What is thy trial? Has providence brought it upon thee? If so, unerring wisdom will deliver thee from it.
2. Again: the children of Israel had another refuge, in the fact that they knew that they were the covenant people of God, and that, though they were in difficulties, God had brought them there, and therefore God was bound in honour to bring them out of that trouble into which He had brought them. Well, says the child of God, I know I am in a strait, but this one thing I also know, that I did not come out of Egypt by myself--I know that He brought me out; I know that I did not escape by my own power, or slay my first-born sins myself--I know that He did it; and though I fled from the tyrant--I know that He made my feet mighty for travel, for there was not one feeble in all our tribes; I know that though I am at the Red Sea, I did not run there uncalled, but He bade me go there, and therefore I give to the winds my fears; for if He hath led me here into this difficulty, He will lead me out, and lead me through.
3. The third refuge which the children of Israel had was in a man; and neither of the two others, without that, would have been of any avail. It was the man Moses. He did everything for them. Thy greatest refuge, O child of God! in all thy trials, is in a man: not in Moses, but in Jesus; not in the servant, but in the master. He is interceding for thee, unseen and unheard by thee, even as Moses did for the children of Israel. Look! on yonder rock of heaven He stands, cross in hand, even as Moses with his rod. Cry to Him, for with that uplifted cross He will cleave a path for thee, and guide thee through the sea; He will make those hoary floods, which had been friends for ever, stand asunder like foes. Call to Him, and He will make thee a way in the midst of the ocean, and a path through the pathless sea.
III. God had a design in it. And here, also, we wish you to regard with attention what Gods design is, in leading the Christian into exceeding great trials in the early part of his life. They were all baptized, says the apostle, unto Moses, in the cloud and in the sea. Gods design in bringing His people into trouble, and raising all their sins at their heels, is to give them a thorough baptism into His service, consecrating them for ever to Himself. I mean by baptism this morning, not the rite, but what baptism represents. Baptism signifies dedication to God--initiation into Gods service. It is not when we are first converted that we so fully dedicate ourselves to God, as afterwards, when some great Red Sea rolls before us. (C. H. Spurgeon.)
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain On v10 Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
redeemed
Heb. "goel," Redemp. (Kinsman type). (See Scofield "Isa 59:20").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v10 He saved them from the hand ... and he…
He saved them from the hand ... and he rescued them from the hand
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are used together to emphasize that Yahweh saved them from their enemies. (See: Parallelism)
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the hand of those who hated them
Here "hand" refers to power or control. AT: "the power of those who hated them" or "the control of those who hated them" (See: Metonymy)
covered their adversaries
This is a polite way to talk about them drowning. AT: "drowned their enemies" (See: Euphemism)
Then they believed his words
Here the word "they" refers to "their ancestors" and the word "his" refers to "Yahweh."
translationWords
hand
water
adversary
believe
word
praise
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 On v9 106:9 Red Sea: See Exod 14:15-31.
106:9 Red Sea: See Exod 14:15-31.
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