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Turned their rivers into blood, Their streams, so that they could not drink.
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The Danger of Forgetting
The psalmist lists this dramatic plague to highlight Israel's profound failure. As commentators like Spurgeon and Henry note, the core issue was not a lack of evidence but a lack of memory. Forgetting God's powerful acts of deliverance, such as turning the Nile to blood, led directly to Israel's unfaithfulness and their tendency to limit God's power in their present circumstances.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
And had turned their rivers into blood - (Exodus 7:20). Properly, there was only one river in Egypt—the Nile. But there…
19th Century
Baptist
For their heart was not right with him, neither were they stedfast in his covenant. But he, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity, a…
16th Century
Protestant
When he turned their rivers into blood. The Psalmist does not enumerate in order the miracles by which God gave evidence of His power in t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And had turned their rivers into blood The river Nile and its seven streams; this was the first of the plagues of Eg…
Let not those who receive mercy from God be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those wh…