John Gill's Bible Commentary Ver. 8. And the Lord sent a prophet unto the children of Israel , etc.] “A man, a prophet” f126 , as in the Hebrew text, not an angel, but a man; and this not Phinehas, as say some Jewish writers f127 ; for it is not probable he should live so long as more than two hundred years; and had he been living, it is very much he should not have been heard of in the times of the preceding judges, and that he was not made use of before now to reprove the people for their sins; but who the prophet was we have no account now nor hereafter, here or elsewhere. Abarbinel supposes he was raised up for a short time: which said unto them, thus saith the Lord God of Israel ; he came in the name of the Lord, and using the form and manner of speech the prophets of Israel did, putting them in mind of the true God they had forgot, and who yet was their Lord and God: I brought you up from Egypt, and brought you forth out of the house of bondage ; reminding them of the benefits they received from God, and the obligations they lay under to serve him, who, when they were bond slaves in Egypt, he appeared for them, and brought them out of their miserable condition.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 7-10 - They cried to God for a deliverer, and he sent them a prophet to teac them. When God furnishes a land with faithful ministers, it is a toke that he has mercy in store for it. He charges them with rebellio against the Lord; he intends to bring them to repentance. Repentance is real when the sinfulness of sin, as disobedience to God, is chiefl lamented.
Original Hebrew וישׁלח7971 יהוה3068 אישׁ376 נביא5030 אל413 בני1121 ישׂראל3478 ויאמר559 להם כה3541 אמר559 יהוה3068 אלהי430 ישׂראל3478 אנכי595 העליתי5927 אתכם853 ממצרים4714 ואציא3318 אתכם853 מבית1004 עבדים׃5650
