God's absolute control over the natural world and human history allows Him to uncover the most deeply hidden and valuable elements of creation. By breaking through impenetrable barriers, He brings forth life and reveals hidden treasures.
In the physical world, this power is seen when water bursts forth from the hardest, most unyielding places. God splits open solid rocks, cliffs [מצודת ציון, ביאור שטיינזלץ], and towering mountains [רלב״ג] to carve out pathways for rushing rivers. These natural barriers act like fortresses keeping water trapped, and God breaks through them just as one might breach a city wall to release springs locked deep inside a mountain [מלבי״ם]. This powerful act recalls the miracle performed for the Israelites in the desert, where God struck the barren rock to provide water [רש״י]. Ultimately, this demonstrates that every force in nature has a specific source and a designated outlet that God alone has opened [רש״י, מצודת דוד].
As these massive barriers are broken apart, God's piercing vision reaches into the very depths of the earth to uncover things of great worth and honor. The primary approach among commentators is that the splitting of mountains exposes hidden physical treasures, such as buried gold and precious stones [מלבי״ם, ביאור שטיינזלץ]. Alternatively, the true treasure is the life-saving water itself, flowing miraculously from the dry stone [אבן עזרא]. On a broader scale, this reflects God's complete, all-knowing nature. He sees the beginning and the end of every valuable thing in the world, even those completely hidden from human understanding [מצודת דוד, רש״י], for all greatness and honor ultimately belong to Him [רמב״ן].
Beyond the physical landscape, this dynamic also plays out in the hidden workings of divine providence. In a symbolic sense, the impenetrable rocks represent the two daughters of Lot, who were like barren stones unable to bear fruit. God broke through their barrenness, allowing two great nations to flow from them like rushing rivers. Through this obscure and unlikely series of events, God's eye foresaw the ultimate, precious result that would eventually emerge: the foundation of the royal dynasty of King David [אלשיך].