And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
Water turned to blood strikes horror into the soul, but the justice runs deeper: Egypt made an idol of the Nile, and God justly turned their god into a curse. Whatever creature we worship instead of the Creator, the Lord will either remove from us or make bitter to our taste.
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Commenting on Exodus 7:14-25
And thou shalt say unto him,.... Upon meeting him: the Lord God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee; still appearing in the character of the ambassador of Jehovah, the God of the children of Israel: saying, let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness; the demand is once more renewed, before any punishment is inflicted for refusal, that the...
Pharaoh went to the Nile each morning to worship it as his supreme deity; at that very moment God declared His will and showed by the rod that He alone is the true God, with power to turn the very object of Egypt's highest worship into blood.
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Commenting on Exodus 7:14-21