Exodus 15:5-15

5 The deep water covered them. They sank to the bottom like a rock.

6 Your right hand, O LORD, wins glory because it is strong. Your right hand, O LORD, smashes your enemies.

7 With your unlimited majesty, you destroyed those who attacked you. You sent out your burning anger. It burned them up like straw.

8 With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea.

9 "The enemy said, 'I'll pursue them! I'll catch up with them! I'll divide the loot! I'll take all I want! I'll use my sword! I'll take all they have!'

10 Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.

11 "Who is like you among the gods, O LORD? Who is like you? You are glorious because of your holiness and awe-inspiring because of your splendor. You perform miracles.

12 You stretched out your right hand. The earth swallowed them.

13 "Lovingly, you will lead the people you have saved. Powerfully, you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

14 People will hear of it and tremble. The people of Philistia will be in anguish.

15 The tribal leaders of Edom will be terrified. The powerful men of Moab will tremble. The people of Canaan will be deathly afraid.

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.