‏ Isaiah 51:9-10

9. Impassioned prayer of the exiled Jews.

ancient days--(Psa 44:1).

Rahab--poetical name for Egypt (see on Is 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 Is 27:1; Psa 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 (Is 43:16; Ex 14:21).

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