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They didn`t thirst when he led them through the deserts; he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them; he split the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
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A Poetic Promise
Commentators explain this verse uses the memory of the Exodus—God providing water from a rock—to encourage the exiles returning from Babylon. It's not a literal prediction of a new miracle, but a poetic way to show that God's provision for them would be just as real and sufficient as it was for their ancestors.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And they thirsted not - This is part of the reason they would be called to celebrate his name. It was not merely that he had redeem…
19th Century
Anglican
He caused the waters to flow ... —A dead, prosaic literalism makes people wonder that there is no record of such wonders on the re…
Baptist
He clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.
And yet, to conclude the chapter, stands this remarkable sentence:
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16th Century
Protestant
Therefore they thirsted not. Because the Jews did not see the way opened for their return, and because great and dangerous wildernesses in…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts , &c.] As when he led the people of Israel through the wi…
The Holy Spirit qualifies for service; and those whom God and His Spirit send may speak boldly. This is to be applied to Christ. He was sent, and H…
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13th Century
Catholic
Hear these things, O house of Jacob. Here he promises the liberation of the people. This is divided into two parts.
In th…
