Exodus 14:15

15 Der HERR sprach zu Mose: Was schreist du zu mir? sage den Kindern Israel, daß sie ziehen.

Exodus 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.

Exodus 14:15 In-Context

13 Mose sprach zum Volk: Fürchtet euch nicht, stehet fest und sehet zu, was für ein Heil der HERR heute an euch tun wird. Denn diese Ägypter, die ihr heute sehet, werdet ihr nimmermehr sehen ewiglich.
14 Der HERR wird für euch streiten, und ihr werdet still sein.
15 Der HERR sprach zu Mose: Was schreist du zu mir? sage den Kindern Israel, daß sie ziehen.
16 Du aber hebe deinen Stab auf und recke deine Hand aus über das Meer und teile es voneinander, daß die Kinder Israel hineingehen, mitten hindurch auf dem Trockenen. {~}
17 Siehe, ich will das Herz der Ägypter verstocken, daß sie euch nachfolgen. So will ich Ehre einlegen an dem Pharao und an aller seiner Macht, an seinen Wagen und Reitern.
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