Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 63:14

14 As a beast goeth down into the valley , the spirit of the LORD caused him to rest : so didst thou lead thy people, to make thy self a glorious name.

A laden Beast goeth warily, and gently down the hill: or, as a Beast goeth down to the vally for Grass, that being a Mountainous Country; or, going down for going along, so the word is used, Isa. 38. 8. noting the evenness of their passage; or, alluding to their going down from the shore into that great Channel (as the coming out of it is called a going up, ver. 11.) now made through the Sea, orderly, and compo[illegible: 1+ letters]edly, not like the Gadaren's Swine through consternation, ready to break their necks for hast

i. e. The Lord himself.

Led them easily, that they should not be over-travelled▪ or [illegible: 1+ letters]all down, or come to any injury through wear[illegible: 1+ letters]ness; thus [illegible: 1 word] [illegible: 1 word] it, chap. 31. 2. and thus God gave them rest from their enemies, drowning of them in the Sea, and in their safe conduct, that they could not annoy or disturb them, leading them till he found them a place for resting, the word for [illegible: 1 word], and [illegible: 1 word] being much of a like notion, Zech. 10. 6. pointing at their several rests by the way, Num. 10. 33. or it may be read by way of Interrog[illegible: 1+ letters]tion, as all the foregoing words, and be the close of that inquiry, and where is the Spirit, that caused them to rest? or he led them to Canaan the place of their rest, so called, [illegible: 1 word]. 12. 9. and Psa. 9[illegible: 1+ letters]. 11.

The Prophet here by an Apostrople doth onely repeat the words in the name of the Jews, that he had spake before, ver. 12. q. d. as thou didst then, so maiest thou do again if thou pleasest.