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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Isaiah 51:9 - 51:9
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Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews.
ancient days - (Psa 44:1).
Rahab - poetical name for Egypt (see on Isa 30:7).
dragon - Hebrew, tannin. The crocodile, an emblem of Egypt, as represented on coins struck after the conquest of Egypt by Augustus; or rather here, “its king,” Pharaoh (see on Isa 27:1; Psa 74:13, Psa 74:14; Eze 32:2, Margin; Eze 29:3).