And I will sever in that day the land of Goshen, in which my people dwell, that no swarms [of flies] shall be there; to the end thou mayest know that I [am] the LORD in the midst of the earth.
Ver. 22. And I will sever.] Heb., Marvellously separate, by setting upon them my signum salutare. Eze 9:4 So that the worst that are "shall return and discern betwixt the righteous and the wicked." Mal 3:18 See Exodus 33:16 .
In the midst of the earth.] Not in heaven only, whereunto Aristotle and other atheists would confine his providence. a Lysippus made Alexander's picture with this poesy: -
“ Iupiter asserui terram mihi, tu assere coelum. ”
a Docuit Aristoteles Providentiam Dei ad coelum Lunae usque protendi, non ultra.