Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
As he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim "As he that sinketh stretcheth out his hands to swim" - There is great obscurity in this place: some understand God as the agent; others, Moab. I have chosen the latter sense, as I cannot conceive that the stretching out of the hands of a swimmer in swimming can be any illustration of the action of God stretching out his hands over Moab to destroy it. I take hashshocheh , altering the point on the sin . on the authority of the Septuagint, to be the participle of shachah , the same with shuach , and shachach , to bow down, to be depressed; and that the prophet designed a paronomasia here, a figure which he frequently uses between the similar words shachah , and shechoth . As tachtaiv , in his place, or on the spot, as we say in the preceding verse, gives us an idea of the sudden and complete destruction of Moab; so bekirbo , in the midst of him, means that this destruction shall be open, and exposed to the view of all: the neighboring nations shall plainly see him struggling against it, as a man in the midst of the deep waters exerts all his efforts by swimming, to save himself from drowning. - L.
Other Adam Clarke entries containing Isaiah 25:11:
Isaiah 26:1
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