HAND is likewise frequently taken for the power and impression of the Holy Spirit felt by some Prophet: Facta est super eum manus Domini. It is said in several places, that God gave his Law, or sent his Orders by the Hand of Moses, or some other Prophet; that he spoke to his people by the Hand of Prophets, &c. that is to say, by their means, by their mouth, &c.
The HAND lifted up, is a mark of force and authority. Thus it is said, that God brought his people out of Egypt with an high Hand, an Hand raised up, that is to say, with main force and authority, without the Egyptians being able to oppose it. The Hand lifted up, signifies likewise sometimes the insolence of a sinner, who rises up against God without respect and fear. Peccare elatâ manu. Deut. xxxii. 27.