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Isaiah 48:21

Isaiah 48:21
And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts,.... As when he led the people of Israel through the wilderness to Canaan's land, though they sometimes thirsted for want of water, yet they…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

And they thirsted not - This is a part of that for which they would be called to celebrate his name. It was not merely that he had redeemed them, but that he had abundantly provided for their needs in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Isaiah 48:16-22

Here, as before, Jacob and Israel are summoned to hearken to the prophet speaking in God's name, or rather to God speaking in and by the prophet, and that as a type of the great prophet by whom God…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

These are still words of the ransomed people. The allusions are to the miracles in the wilderness of Sinai (cf. Exo 17:6; Num 20:11) which are represented as having been repeated during the desert…