Exodus 15:2-12

2 "¹The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; ²This is my God, and I will praise Him; ³My father's God, and I will ⁴extol Him.

3 "⁵The LORD is a warrior; ⁶The LORD is His name.

4 "⁷Pharaoh's chariots and his army He has cast into the sea; And the choicest of his officers are drowned in the Red * Sea.

5 "The deeps cover them; ⁸They went down into the depths like a stone.

6 "⁹Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power, ¹⁰Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.

7 "And in the greatness of Your excellence You ¹¹overthrow those who rise up against You; ¹²You send forth Your burning anger, and it ¹³consumes them as chaff.

8 "¹⁴At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, ¹⁵The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 "¹⁶The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will ¹⁷divide the spoil; My desire shall be gratified against them; I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.'

10 "¹⁸You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; ¹⁹They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 "²⁰Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, ²¹majestic in holiness, ²²Awesome in praises, ²³working wonders?

12 "²⁴You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.

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Exodus 15:2-12 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 15

This chapter contains the song of Moses, and of the children of Israel, on the banks of the Red sea; in which they celebrate their passage through it, the destruction of Pharaoh and his host in it, and the glory of the divine perfections displayed therein, interspersed with prophetic hints of things future, Ex 15:1-19 which same song was sung by the women, with Miriam at the head of them, attended with timbrels and dances, Ex 15:20,21, an account is given of the march of the children of Israel from the Red sea to the wilderness of Shur, and of the bitter waters found at Marah, which occasioned a murmuring, and of their being made sweet by casting a tree into them, Ex 15:22-25 when they were told by the Lord, that if they would yield obedience to his commandments, they should be free from the diseases the Egyptians had been afflicted with, Ex 15:26, and the chapter is concluded with their coming to Elim, where they found twelve wells of water, and seventy palm trees, and there encamped, Ex 15:27.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 24

1. Psalms 18:1, 2; Isaiah 12:2; Habakkuk 3:18
2. Psalms 48:14
3. Ex 3:6, 15, 16
4. 2 Samuel 22:47; Psalms 99:5; Isaiah 25:1
5. Exodus 14:14; Revelation 19:11
6. Exodus 3:15; Exodus 6:2, 3, 7, 8; Psalms 24:8; Psalms 83:18
7. Ex 14:6, 7, 17, 28
8. Exodus 15:10; Nehemiah 9:11
9. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 6:1
10. Psalms 118:15, 16
11. Exodus 14:27
12. Psalms 78:49, 50
13. Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 5:24; Hebrews 12:29
14. Exodus 14:22, 29; Job 4:9
15. Psalms 78:13
16. Ex 14:5, 8, 9
17. Judges 5:30; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
18. Exodus 14:27, 28
19. Exodus 15:5
20. Exodus 8:10; Exodus 9:14; Deuteronomy 3:24; 2 Samuel 7:22; 1 Kings 8:23; Psalms 71:19; Psalms 86:8; Micah 7:18
21. Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8
22. Psalms 22:23
23. Psalms 72:18; Psalms 136:4
24. Exodus 15:6

Footnotes 9

[a]. Heb YAH
[b]. Heb "YHWH," usually rendered LORD
[c]. Lit "sunk"
[d]. Lit "Sea of Reeds"
[e]. Or "exaltation"
[f]. Lit "soul"
[g]. Lit "be filled with them"
[h]. Or "dispossess, bring to ruin"
[i]. Or "majestic"