6. Neither said they, Where, &c.--The very words which God uses
(Isa 63:9, 11, 13),
when, as it were, reminding Himself of His former acts of love to
Israel as a ground for interposing in their behalf again. When
they would not say, Where is Jehovah, &c., God Himself at
last said it for them (compare see on
Jer 2:2).
deserts . . . pits--The desert between Mount Sinai and Palestine
abounds in chasms and pits, in which beasts of burden often sink down to
the knees. "Shadow of death" refers to the darkness of the caverns
amidst the rocky precipices
(De 8:15; 32:10).
JFB.
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