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A Leader's Desperate Cry
Commentators note the raw emotion in Moses' cry. While some see it as a model of pious prayer, others, like John Calvin, suggest it was a "confused complaint" born of deep agitation. This reveals that even great spiritual leaders can feel overwhelmed and express their honest frustration to God in moments of crisis.
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Exodus
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Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 17:4
19th Century
Bishop
They be almost ready to stone me. —Hebrew, Yet a little and they will stone me. On riotous stoning, see …
John Calvin
On Exodus 17:4
16th Century
Theologian
And Moses cried. This cry does not seem to have aligned with the true model of prayer, but rather to have been mixed with confused complai…
John Gill
On Exodus 17:4
17th Century
Pastor
And Moses cried to the Lord .
&c.] Or prayed to him, as the Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan; which shows the distres…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 17:1–7
17th Century
Minister
The children of Israel journeyed according to the commandment of the Lord, led by the pillar of cloud and fire, yet they came to a place where ther…