2 Samuel 22:16

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And the channels of the sea appeared, the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuking of the LORD, at the blast of the breath of his nostrils.

The channels

Rebuking

Nostrils

2 Samuel 22:9

Psalm 74:1

Bible References

The channels

And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and Yahweh moved the sea with a strong east wind all night, and he made the sea [become] dry ground, and the waters were divided.

And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up; waves stood like a heap; deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.

Then the channels of [the] sea became visible, and [the] foundations of [the] world were uncovered by your rebuke, O Yahweh, by the {blast} of the wind of your nose.

The sea looked and fled; the Jordan turned back.

Rebuking

And by the breath of your nostrils waters were piled up; waves stood like a heap; deep waters in the middle of the sea congealed.

and I said, 'You shall come up to here, but you shall not go further, and here it will set [a boundary] {for your proud surging waves}'?

So he rebuked {the Red Sea}, and it dried up, and he led them through the deep as [through] a desert.

He rebukes the sea and he dries up the rivers; he makes all the rivers run dry. Bashan and Carmel wither; the blossom of Lebanon languishes.

Was the anger of Yahweh against the rivers? Was your wrath against the rivers, or your fury against the sea, when you mounted upon your horses, upon your victory chariot?

And he said to them, "Why are you fearful, [you] of little faith?" Then he got up [and] rebuked the winds and the sea and there was a great calm.

Nostrils

Smoke went up from his nostrils and fire from his mouth. Burning coals devoured, they burned from him.

Why, O God, have you rejected [us] forever? [Why] does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?