Exodus 15:7-17

7 “In the greatness of your majesty you threw down those who opposed you. You unleashed your burning anger; it consumed them like stubble.

8 By the blast of your nostrils the waters piled up. The surging waters stood up like a wall; the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.

9 The enemy boasted, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake them. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword and my hand will destroy them.’

10 But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

11 Who among the gods is like you, LORD? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?

12 “You stretch out your right hand, and the earth swallows your enemies.

13 In your unfailing love you will lead the people you have redeemed. In your strength you will guide them to your holy dwelling.

14 The nations will hear and tremble; anguish will grip the people of Philistia.

15 The chiefs of Edom will be terrified, the leaders of Moab will be seized with trembling, the people^[a] of Canaan will melt away;

16 terror and dread will fall on them. By the power of your arm they will be as still as a stone— until your people pass by, LORD, until the people you bought^[b] pass by.

17 You will bring them in and plant them on the mountain of your inheritance— the place, LORD, you made for your dwelling, the sanctuary, Lord, your hands established.

Exodus 15:7-17 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

• 1. Deuteronomy 33:26; Psalms 150:2
• 2. Psalms 2:5; Psalms 78:49-50; Jeremiah 12:13; Jeremiah 25:38
• 3. Exodus 24:17; Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 9:3; Psalms 18:8; Psalms 59:13; Hebrews 12:29
• 4. S Exodus 14:21; Psalms 18:15
• 5. Joshua 3:13; Psalms 78:13; Isaiah 43:16
• 6. S Exodus 14:22
• 7. Psalms 46:2
• 8. Exodus 14:5-9; Deuteronomy 28:45; Psalms 7:5; Lamentations 1:3
• 9. Judges 5:30; Isaiah 9:3; Isaiah 53:12; Luke 11:22
• 10. Job 4:9; Job 15:30; Isaiah 11:4; Isaiah 30:33; Isaiah 40:7
• 11. ver 5; Exodus 14:27-28; Nehemiah 9:11; Psalms 29:3; Psalms 32:6; Psalms 77:19
• 12. S Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 3:24; Psalms 77:13; S Isaiah 46:5
• 13. S Exodus 7:5
• 14. Numbers 16:32; Numbers 26:10; Deuteronomy 11:6; Psalms 106:17
• 15. Nehemiah 9:12; Psalms 77:20
• 16. S Exodus 6:6; Job 33:28; Psalms 71:23; Psalms 106:10; Isaiah 1:27; Isaiah 41:14; Isaiah 43:14; Isaiah 44:22-24; Isaiah 51:10; Isaiah 63:9; Titus 2:14
• 17. ver 17; Psalms 68:16; Psalms 76:2; Psalms 78:54
• 18. ver 16; Exodus 23:27; Deuteronomy 2:25; Joshua 2:9; Joshua 5:1; Joshua 9:24; 1 Samuel 4:7; Esther 8:17; Psalms 48:6; Psalms 96:9; Psalms 99:1; Psalms 114:7; Ezekiel 38:20
• 19. Isaiah 13:8
• 20. Psalms 83:7
• 21. S Genesis 36:15
• 22. Deuteronomy 2:4
• 23. Numbers 22:3; Psalms 114:7
• 24. Joshua 2:9,24; Joshua 5:1
• 25. S ver 14; S Genesis 35:5; Exodus 23:27; Joshua 2:9
• 26. 1 Samuel 25:37
• 27. Psalms 74:2; 2 Peter 2:1
• 28. Deuteronomy 2:4
• 29. Exodus 23:20; Exodus 32:34; Exodus 33:12
• 30. 2 Samuel 7:10; Psalms 44:2; Psalms 80:8,15; Isaiah 5:2; Isaiah 60:21; Jeremiah 2:21; Jeremiah 11:17; Jeremiah 24:6; Amos 9:15
• 31. Deuteronomy 33:19; Psalms 2:6; Psalms 3:4; Psalms 15:1; Psalms 78:54,68; Psalms 133:3; Daniel 9:16; Joel 2:1; Obadiah 1:16; Zephaniah 3:11
• 32. S ver 13; Psalms 132:13-14
• 33. Psalms 78:69; Psalms 114:2

Footnotes

• [a]. Or "rulers"
• [b]. Or "created"