Isa 63:11-13 | JFB | STEP | 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; , ); 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 63:11-13

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; Psa 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 Psa 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; Psa 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.