Exodus 15:4-14

4 "1Pharaoh'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; 2They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 "3Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power, 4Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.
7 "And in the greatness of Your excellence You 5overthrow those who rise up against You; 6You send forth Your burning anger, and it 7consumes them as chaff.
8 "8At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, 9The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 "10The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will 11divide the spoil; My desire shall be gratified against them; I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
10 "12You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; 13They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 "14Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, 15majestic in holiness, 16Awesome in praises, 17working wonders?
12 "18You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.
13 "In Your lovingkindness You have 19led the people whom You have 20redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them 21to Your holy habitation.
14 "22The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.

Exodus 15:4-14 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.

Cross References 22

  • 1. Ex 14:6, 7, 17, 28
  • 2. Exodus 15:10; Nehemiah 9:11
  • 3. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 6:1
  • 4. Psalms 118:15, 16
  • 5. Exodus 14:27
  • 6. Psalms 78:49, 50
  • 7. Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 5:24; Hebrews 12:29
  • 8. Exodus 14:22, 29; Job 4:9
  • 9. Psalms 78:13
  • 10. Ex 14:5, 8, 9
  • 11. Judges 5:30; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
  • 12. Exodus 14:27, 28
  • 13. Exodus 15:5
  • 14. 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
  • 15. Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8
  • 16. Psalms 22:23
  • 17. Psalms 72:18; Psalms 136:4
  • 18. Exodus 15:6
  • 19. Nehemiah 9:12; Psalms 77:20
  • 20. Exodus 15:16; Psalms 77:15
  • 21. Exodus 15:17; Psalms 78:54
  • 22. Deuteronomy 2:25; Habakkuk 3:7

Footnotes 7

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