13 That led them through the deep, as an horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble?
13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in open country, they did not stumble;
13 who led them through the depths? Like a horse in the desert, they did not stumble.
13 and led them through the muddy abyss as surefooted as horses on hard, level ground?
13 Who led them through the deep, As a horse in the wilderness, That they might not stumble?"
13 Where is the one who led them through the bottom of the sea? They were like fine stallions racing through the desert, never stumbling.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Isaiah 63:13
Commentary on Isaiah 63:7-14
(Read Isaiah 63:7-14)
The latter part of this chapter, and the whole of the next, seem to express the prayers of the Jews on their conversation. They acknowledge God's great mercies and favours to their nation. They confess their wickedness and hardness of heart; they entreat his forgiveness, and deplore the miserable condition under which they have so long suffered. The only-begotten Son of the Father became the Angel or Messenger of his love; thus he redeemed and bare them with tenderness. Yet they murmured, and resisted his Holy Spirit, despising and persecuting his prophets, rejecting and crucifying the promised Messiah. All our comforts and hopes spring from the loving-kindness of the Lord, and all our miseries and fears from our sins. But he is the Saviour, and when sinners seek after him, who in other ages glorified himself by saving and feeding his purchased flock, and leading them safely through dangers, and has given his Holy Spirit to prosper the labours of his ministers, there is good ground to hope they are discovering the way of peace.