Éxodo 14:15

15 Pero el SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés: «¿Por qué clamas a mí? ¡Ordena a los israelitas que se pongan en marcha!

Éxodo 14:15 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 14:15

And the Lord said unto Moses, wherefore criest thou unto me?
&c.] The Targum of Jonathan is,

``why standest thou and prayest before me?''

and no doubt this crying is to be understood of prayer, of mental prayer, of secret ejaculations put up by Moses to the Lord without a voice, for no mention is made of any: this shows, that though Moses most firmly believed that God would work salvation for them, yet he did not neglect the use of means, prayer to God for it; nor was the Lord displeased with him on that account, only he had other work for him to do, and he had no need to pray any longer, God had heard him, and would save him and his people:

speak unto the children of Israel, that they go forward;
a little further, as Aben Ezra observes, until they were come to the sea shore, near to which they now were; and thither they were to move in an orderly composed manner, as unconcerned and fearless of their enemies.

Éxodo 14:15 In-Context

13 —No tengan miedo —les respondió Moisés—. Mantengan sus posiciones, que hoy mismo serán testigos de la salvación que el SEÑOR realizará en favor de ustedes. A esos egipcios que hoy ven, ¡jamás volverán a verlos!

14 Ustedes quédense quietos, que el SEÑOR presentará batalla por ustedes.

15 Pero el SEÑOR le dijo a Moisés: «¿Por qué clamas a mí? ¡Ordena a los israelitas que se pongan en marcha!

16 Y tú, levanta tu vara, extiende tu brazo sobre el mar y divide las aguas, para que los israelitas lo crucen sobre terreno seco.

17 Yo voy a endurecer el corazón de los egipcios, para que los persigan. ¡Voy a cubrirme de gloria a costa del faraón y de su ejército, y de sus carros y jinetes!