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  • Patricia Julian - 1 year ago
    Isaiah 51 verse 9

    What Rahab is this? A person or place?
  • Patricia Julian - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Ty for answering so promptly. I go to our stump the commentary group meeting tonight so I can X this question off. Though I might ask them & see if they know the answer. Ty again so much!
  • Chris - In Reply - 1 year ago
    Hello Patricia. As you have read this chapter ( Isaiah 51), verses 1 to 8 reveal the promises & comfort of the LORD to His people. But then from verses 9 to 11, it appears that Isaiah is prophesying on behalf of the people, as they call out to the LORD:

    "Awake, awake, put on strength, O arm of the LORD; awake, as in the ancient days, in the generations of old. Art thou not it that hath cut Rahab, and wounded the dragon? Art thou not it which hath dried the sea, the waters of the great deep; that hath made the depths of the sea a way for the ransomed to pass over? Therefore the redeemed of the LORD shall return, and come with singing unto Zion; and everlasting joy shall be upon their head: they shall obtain gladness and joy; and sorrow and mourning shall flee away."

    So in these verses (vv 9-11), there is recollection of the old days when the LORD wonderfully saved Israel from the bondage of Egypt. So, Rahab here is not a person but is representative of Egypt and the wounded dragon, Pharaoh. Then the LORD speaks in verse 15, "But I am the LORD thy God, that divided the sea, whose waves roared: The LORD of hosts is his name." The LORD continues to comfort & assure His people. Also, see a similar thought being expressed by Ethan the Ezrahite in Psalm 89:8-10.



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