Marah. Bitter. The Divine principle in the training of God's People. Foreshown in Abraham's furnace and lamp; Marah before Elim; wilderness before Canaan; cross before crown; worse before better (John 2:10); suffering before glory (Luke 24:26; Luke 24:46; 2 Timothy 2:11; 2 Timothy 2:12. compare Romans 8:17, Rom 8:18. 2 Corinthians 4:17; 2 Corinthians 4:18; James 1:12.Revelation 2:10; 1 Peter 1:11. 1Pe 4:13. 1 Peter 5:1; 1 Peter 5:10; Hebrews 12:11.Psalms 126:6; 3 John 1:12; 3 John 1:12 :24.Matthew 5:4.John 16:20; John 16:22).
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Exodus 15:23
23 And when they came to Marah,b they could not drink of the waters of Marah, for they were bitter: therefore the name of it was called Marah.