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For this is as the waters of Noah to me — As it was in the time of the flood of waters, so shall it be now. ‘I then solemnly promise…

This is as the waters of Noah. — This observation is interesting for two main reasons:

For this is as the waters of Noah unto me; for as I have sworn that the waters of Noah should no more go over the earth: so have I sworn that I…

For the waters of Noah, or, As the days of Noah. There are two readings of this passage; for if we read it כי מי (ki me),

For this is as the waters of Noah to me
Some copies, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe, read these two words, (

As God is slow to anger, so he is swift to show mercy. And how sweet the returns of mercy would be when God comes and comforts them!
He will…

Give praise, O you barren. Here, against the dejection of their circumstances, he promises the remedy of exaltation.
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes