Who is saying to the deep, Be dry, and thy rivers I cause to dry up,
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
who says to the depths of the sea, ‘Be dry, and I will dry up your currents,’
that saith to the deep, Be dry, and I will dry up thy rivers;
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Two great truths are abundantly made out in these verses:-- I. That the people of God are a happy people, especially upon account of the covenant that is between them and God. The people of Israel were so as a figure of the gospel Israel.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
(4.) It is here supposed that none of the Jews themselves would be able by might and power to force their way out of Babylon but it is promised that God will raise up a stranger from afar off, that shall fairly open the way for them, and now at length he names the very man, many scores of years before he was born or thought of (
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
The city of strangers, when it is ruined, shall never be built ( ch. xxv. 2 ), but the city of God's own children is but discontinued for a time. (2.) It is here supposed that the temple too should be destroyed, and lie for a time rased to the foundations; but it is promised that the foundation of it shall again be laid, and no doubt built upon.
Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan
Confirmation of His promises to the Church and Israel, by various instances of His omnipotence; among these the restoration of the Jews by Cyrus. alone--literally, "Who was with Me?" namely, when I did it; answering to "by Myself," in the parallel clause (compare similar phrases, Ho 8:4;
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed
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The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
He rebuketh the sea, and maketh it dry, and drieth up all the rivers: Bashan languisheth, and Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon languisheth.
A drought is upon her waters; and they shall be dried up: for it is the land of graven images, and they are mad upon their idols.
Therefore thus saith the Lord; Behold, I will plead thy cause, and take vengeance for thee; and I will dry up her sea, and make her springs dry.
I will make waste mountains and hills, and dry up all their herbs; and I will make the rivers islands, and I will dry up the pools.
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