He casteth forth his ice like morsels
Divided like morsels, as the Targum; cut into pieces, like
morsels of bread. This seems to have respect to hail stones,
which sometimes fall like pieces of ice, and are very prejudicial
to the fruits of the earth: this was one of the ten plagues of
Egypt; and whereby also many of the Canaanites were destroyed in
the times of Joshua, ( Exodus 9:23 ) (
Joshua
10:11 ) ; and there is an exceeding great storm of hail yet
to come, very dreadful; see ( Revelation
16:21 ) . This is expressive of the wrath, vengeance, and
judgments of God upon men, by which he is known in various
perfections of his nature; as his power, justice, and holiness,
for which he is celebrated, ( Isaiah 30:30
) ;
who can stand before his cold?
which he has purposed and promised shall be; for he has said,
that "cold and heat [shall not] cease, [as long as] the earth
remains"; and which he appoints and orders to be, for "by the
breath of God frost is given", ( Genesis 8:22
) ( Job 37:10
) ; and this is sometimes and in some places so very vehement,
that it is intolerable; men are obliged to keep within doors, to
make them fires, and put on more clothes; and the "hands" of
every man are sealed up from business; even "the beasts go into
[their] dens, [and] remain in their places", or get what shelter
they can; see ( Job 37:7 Job 37:8 ) . And if there
is no standing before his cold, who can stand before the heat of
his anger, or his furious wrath and indignation, when it is
poured out like fire? see ( Psalms 76:7 ) (
Nahum 1:5
Nahum 1:6 ) (
Revelation
6:15-17 ) .