Psalm 78:44

44 da er ihr Wasser in Blut wandelte, daß sie ihre Bäche nicht trinken konnten;

Psalm 78:44 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 78:44

And had turned their rivers into blood
The river Nile and its seven streams; this was the first of the plagues of Egypt, ( Exodus 7:20 Exodus 7:21 ) , and was a just retaliation for drowning the infants of the Israelites in their river, ( Exodus 1:22 ) , a like plague will be inflicted on spiritual Egypt, and with equal justice; see ( Revelation 11:8 ) ( 16:3-7 ) ,

and their floods, that they could not drink;
the rivulets that flowed from the Nile, and every spring or confluence of water; or rather by these rivers and floods are meant the canals and ditches, which, as Jarchi F5 observes, were made by the hands of men, from the banks of the river Nile, to water their fields with.


FOOTNOTES:

F5 Comment. on Exod. vii. 19. so Kimchi in Sepher Shorash. rad. (ra) .

Psalm 78:44 In-Context

42 Sie gedachten nicht an seine Hand des Tages, da er sie erlöste von den Feinden;
43 wie er denn seine Zeichen in Ägypten getan hatte und seine Wunder im Lande Zoan;
44 da er ihr Wasser in Blut wandelte, daß sie ihre Bäche nicht trinken konnten;
45 da er Ungeziefer unter sie schickte, daß sie fraß, und Frösche, die sie verderbten,
46 und gab ihre Gewächse den Raupen und ihre Saat den Heuschrecken;
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