Isa 63:11-14 | JFB | STEP | 11. remembered —Notwithstanding their perversity, He forgot not His covenant of old; therefore He did not wholly forsake them ( ); the Jews make this their plea with God, that He should not now forsake them. saying —God is represented, in human language, mentally speaking of Himself and His former acts of love to Israel, as His ground for pitying them notwithstanding their rebellion. sea —Red Sea. shepherd —Moses; or if the Hebrew be read plural, "shepherds," Moses, Aaron, and the other leaders (so ). put . . . Spirit . . . within him — Hebrew, "in the inward parts of him," that is, Moses; or it refers to the flock, "in the midst of his people" ( ).

Isaiah 63:11-14

11. remembered—Notwithstanding their perversity, He forgot not His covenant of old; therefore He did not wholly forsake them (Le 26:40-42, 44, 45; Ps 106:45, 46); the Jews make this their plea with God, that He should not now forsake them.

saying—God is represented, in human language, mentally speaking of Himself and His former acts of love to Israel, as His ground for pitying them notwithstanding their rebellion.

sea—Red Sea.

shepherd—Moses; or if the Hebrew be read plural, "shepherds," Moses, Aaron, and the other leaders (so Ps 77:20).

put . . . Spirit . . . within him—Hebrew, "in the inward parts of him," that is, Moses; or it refers to the flock, "in the midst of his people" (Nu 11:17, 25; Ne 9:20; Hag 2:5).

12. The right hand of Moses was but the instrument; the arm of God was the real mover (Ex 15:6; 14:21).

dividing the water— (Ne 9:11; Ps 78:13).

13. deep—literally, "the tossing and roaring sea."

wilderness—rather, the "open plain" [HORSLEY], wherein there is no obstacle to cause a horse in its course the danger of stumbling.

14. As a beast . . . rest—image from a herd led "down" from the hills to a fertile and well-watered "valley" (Ps 23:2); so God's Spirit "caused Israel to rest" in the promised land after their weary wanderings.

to make . . . name—(So Isa 63:12; 2Sa 7:23).