Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 30:7

7. For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cryed concerning this , Their strength is to sit still .

Concerning this Counsel or Practice. Or, to her, to Ierusalem or Iudah.

It is safer and better for them to sit quietly at home, seeking to Me for help, than to go or send to Egypt for help. He seems industriously to use an ambignous Word, Rahab, which signifies both strength, as Iob. 9. 13. Psal. 90. 10. and Egypt, as Psal. 87. 4. Isa. 51. 9. So called from its singular Strength, to intimate, that if they did not go to Rahab; Rahab, or what they expected from Rahab or Egypt, which was powerful Succour, should come to them.

Marginal references: Or, to her.; Chap. 7. 4. ver. 15.