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that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of papyrus upon the waters, [saying], Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation tall and smooth, to a people terrible from their beginning onward, a nation that meteth out and treadeth down, whose land the rivers divide!

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century
Presbyterian
18th Century

That sends amba adors - That is, “accustomed” to send me engers. What was the design of their thus sending amba adors does not appear. The p…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century
Anglican
19th Century

That sends ambassadors ... —The words point to the embassies which the Ethiopian king had sent, in the papyrus boats used…

John Calvin

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century
Protestant
16th Century

Sending ambassadors by the sea. This relates strictly to the state of those times. It would appear that this nation solicited the Egyptian…

John Gill

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century
Reformed Baptist
17th Century

That sendeth ambassadors by the sea
The Red Sea, which washed the coasts of Egypt and Ethiopia, and which were unite…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century
Presbyterian
17th Century

God's care for his people, and the increase of the church.

This chapter is one of the most obscure in Scripture, though more of it was proba…

Thomas Aquinas

Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century
Catholic
13th Century
  1. Woe to the land, the winged cymbal. Here he threatens the Egyptians.

    First, he threatens their punishment by comparing it…

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