Then the waters had overwhelmed us - Our destruction would have been as if the waves of the ocean had overwhelmed us.

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Waters. —The sudden transition in the imagery from the earthquake to the flood is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. (For the flood,…

Then the waters had overwhelmed us, the stream had gone over our soul: then the proud waters had gone over our soul.

The figure is v…

The waters had then overwhelmed us. He embellishes the preceding sentiment with an elegant metaphor, comparing the dreadful impetuosity of…

Then the waters had overwhelmed us
People, comparable to waters for their multitude, Strength, force, and impetuosity…

God allows the enemies of His people sometimes to prevail greatly against them, so that His power may be more clearly seen in their deliverance. Ha…