7The paper reeds by the brooks, by the mouth of the brooks, and every thing sown by the brooks, shall wither, be driven away, and be no more.
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And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground.
And by great waters the seed of Sihor, the harvest of the river, is her revenue; and she is a mart of nations.
The seed is rotten under their clods, the garners are laid desolate, the barns are broken down; for the corn is withered. …
Blessed are ye that sow beside all waters, that send forth thither the feet of the ox and the ass.
Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-17)Though the land of Egypt had of old been a house of bondage to the people of God, where they had been ruled with rigour, yet among the unbelieving Jews there still remained much of the humour of their fathers, who said, Let us make us a captain and return into Egypt . Upon all occasions they trusted to Egypt for help (Isa. 30:2), and thither they fled, in disobedience to God’s express command, whe…
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