When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language; Ver. 1. _When Israel went out of Egypt_] _E medio gentis, id est, ex visceribus Aegyptiorum, qui eos quasi deglutiebant,_ Out of the midst of that nation, that is, out of the bowels of the Egyptians, who had, as it... [ Continue Reading ]
Judah was his sanctuary, [and] Israel his dominion. Ver. 2. _Judah was his sanctuary_] Or sanctity, or sanctification. This was a happy change for them, from their Egyptian idolatry, Ezekiel 23:19, like as it was from their Egyptian servitude, when Israel became God's dominions, dominations, and si... [ Continue Reading ]
The sea saw [it], and fled: Jordan was driven back. Ver. 3. _The sea saw it, and fled_] When God will deliver his people, and perform his promises unto them, nothing shall hinder, but all creatures shall contribute their helps; for they are all his servants, Psalms 119:91 .... [ Continue Reading ]
The mountains skipped like rams, [and] the little hills like lambs. Ver. 4. _The mountains skipped like rams_] _sc._ At the giving of the law, Exodus 19:18, which also causeth heartquakes in believers; but the unjust knoweth no shame, Zephaniah 3:5; is past feeling, Ephesians 4:19 .... [ Continue Reading ]
What [ailed] thee, O thou sea, that thou fleddest? thou Jordan, [that] thou wast driven back? Ver. 5. _What ailed thee, O thou sea?_] Or, what came to thee? can there any natural reason be given, or was it God's powerful presence only that caused you to run retrograde? Atheists and unbelievers will... [ Continue Reading ]
Ye mountains, [that] ye skipped like rams; [and] ye little hills, like lambs? Ver. 6. _Ye mountains, that ye skipped, &c._] These two verses teach us, saith one, that we may many times ask questions; and yet neither doubt of the matter nor be ignorant in them.... [ Continue Reading ]
Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the God of Jacob; Ver. 7. _Tremble, thou earth, &c._] Heb. Be in pain, as a travailing woman; for if the giving of the law had such dreadful effects, what should the breaking thereof have? _ At the presence of the God of Jacob_]... [ Continue Reading ]
Which turned the rock [into] a standing water, the flint into a fountain of waters. Ver. 8. _Which turned the rock into a standing water_] Set the rock of Rephidim abroach, and made it not only a standing water (_stagnum_, as here), but a running river; for the rock followed them: and that rock was... [ Continue Reading ]