The voice of thy thunder was in the heaven
Thunder is the voice of God, ( Job 37:5 ) ( 40:9 ) this is heard in
"the orb" F2, or the air, so called, because
spherical; the Targum is
``the voice of thy thunder was heard in the wheel;''so the word here used sometimes signifies; so ( Ezekiel 10:13 ) , and is so rendered here by some F3; some think this refers to the wheels of the chariots of the Egyptians, which were taken off, it may be by the force of thunder and lightning, so that they drove on heavily, ( Exodus 14:25 ) ,
the lightnings lightened the world;
not only that part of the world where the Israelites and
Egyptians were, but the whole world; for lightning comes out of
the east, and shines to the west, ( Matthew
24:27 ) , this was in the night, and a very dark night it
was, as Josephus F4 affirms; see ( Psalms 97:4 ) ,
the earth trembled and shook;
there was an earthquake at the same time; unless this is to be
understood of the panic which the inhabitants of the earth were
put into on hearing of this wonderful event, ( Joshua 2:9 Joshua 2:10 ) .