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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Zechariah 10:11 - 10:11
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pass ... sea with affliction - Personifying the “sea”; He shall afflict the sea, that is, cause it to cease to be an obstacle to Israel’s return to Palestine (Isa 11:15, Isa 11:16). Vulgate translates, “The strait of the sea.” Maurer, “He shall cleave and smite.” English Version is best (Psa 114:3). As Jehovah smote the Red Sea to make a passage for His people (Exo 14:16, Exo 14:21), so hereafter shall He make a way through every obstacle which opposes Israel’s restoration.
the river - the Nile (Amo 8:8; Amo 9:5), or the Euphrates. Thus the Red Sea and the Euphrates in the former part of the verse answer to “Assyria” and “Egypt” in the latter.
sceptre of Egypt ... depart - (Eze 30:13).