Exodus 15:5-15

5 "The deeps cover them; 1They went down into the depths like a stone.
6 "2Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power, 3Your right hand, O LORD, shatters the enemy.
7 "And in the greatness of Your excellence You 4overthrow those who rise up against You; 5You send forth Your burning anger, and it 6consumes them as chaff.
8 "7At the blast of Your nostrils the waters were piled up, 8The flowing waters stood up like a heap; The deeps were congealed in the heart of the sea.
9 "9The enemy said, 'I will pursue, I will overtake, I will 10divide the spoil; My desire shall be gratified against them; I will draw out my sword, my hand will destroy them.'
10 "11You blew with Your wind, the sea covered them; 12They sank like lead in the mighty waters.
11 "13Who is like You among the gods, O LORD? Who is like You, 14majestic in holiness, 15Awesome in praises, 16working wonders?
12 "17You stretched out Your right hand, The earth swallowed them.
13 "In Your lovingkindness You have 18led the people whom You have 19redeemed; In Your strength You have guided them 20to Your holy habitation.
14 "21The peoples have heard, they tremble; Anguish has gripped the inhabitants of Philistia.
15 "Then the 22chiefs of Edom were dismayed; 23The leaders of Moab, trembling grips them; 24All the inhabitants of Canaan have melted away.

Exodus 15:5-15 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 24

  • 1. Exodus 15:10; Nehemiah 9:11
  • 2. Exodus 3:20; Exodus 6:1
  • 3. Psalms 118:15, 16
  • 4. Exodus 14:27
  • 5. Psalms 78:49, 50
  • 6. Deuteronomy 4:24; Isaiah 5:24; Hebrews 12:29
  • 7. Exodus 14:22, 29; Job 4:9
  • 8. Psalms 78:13
  • 9. Ex 14:5, 8, 9
  • 10. Judges 5:30; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
  • 11. Exodus 14:27, 28
  • 12. Exodus 15:5
  • 13. 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
  • 14. Isaiah 6:3; Revelation 4:8
  • 15. Psalms 22:23
  • 16. Psalms 72:18; Psalms 136:4
  • 17. Exodus 15:6
  • 18. Nehemiah 9:12; Psalms 77:20
  • 19. Exodus 15:16; Psalms 77:15
  • 20. Exodus 15:17; Psalms 78:54
  • 21. Deuteronomy 2:25; Habakkuk 3:7
  • 22. Genesis 36:15, 40
  • 23. Numbers 22:3, 4
  • 24. Josh 2:9, 11, 24; Joshua 5:1

Footnotes 5

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