16. Isaiah pictures a miraculous deliverance of the exiles parallel to the former deliverance from Egypt. The tongue, etc.] i.e. the Gulf of Akaba. Tongue is used for an arm of the sea as in Joshua 15:2; Joshua 18:19. The river] i.e. Euphrates. In the seven] RV 'into seven.'

An highway] i.e. a raised road such as Eastern monarchs made for the passage of their armies (Isaiah 19:23; Isaiah 49:11). It was] RV 'there was.'

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