The Albatross a Symbol of Power
Isaiah 30:7
For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.


The albatross sailing over the sea with vast unstirring wings is a symbol of power, not of weakness; and the soul which sustains its flight in the empyrean without noise or flutter, does so in the fulness of power, in the perfection of life.

(W. L. Watkinson.)



Parallel Verses
KJV: For the Egyptians shall help in vain, and to no purpose: therefore have I cried concerning this, Their strength is to sit still.

WEB: For Egypt helps in vain, and to no purpose; therefore have I called her Rahab who sits still.




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