‏ Isaiah 51:9-10

     9. Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews.

      ancient days— (Ps 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; Ps 74:13, 14; Eze 32:2, Margin; Eze 29:3).

     10. it—the arm.

      Art not Thou the same Almighty power that . . . ? dried the sea—the Red Sea (Isa 43:16; Ex 14:21).

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