The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:8
I am come down . Another anthropomorphism, and one very common in Scripture ( Genesis 11:5 , Genesis 11:7 ; Genesis 18:21 ; Psalms 18:9 ; Psalms 144:5 , etc.), connected of course with the idea that God has a special dwellingplace, which is above the earth. To bring them up . Literally correct. Palestine is at a much higher level than Egypt. (Compare Genesis 12:10 ; Genesis 13:1 ; Genesis 37:25 ; Genesis 39:1 ; Genesis 42:2 ; Genesis 46:3 , Genesis 46:4 ; Genesis... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Exodus 3:7-11
God's sympathy with the oppressed. I. GOD IS EVER IN SYMPATHY WITH THE OPPRESSED , AND AGAINST THEIR OPPRESSORS ( Exodus 3:7 , Exodus 3:9 ). This is now, thanks to the Bible, made as certain to us as any truth can be. God's sympathy may be viewed— 1 . As implied in his moral perfection. 2 . As certified to us by the pity of our own hearts. He who put pity in these hearts must surely himself be pitiful. Yet, so much is there in the world which bears... read more