“ Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. ”
With the deliverance of Israel is associated the development of the national poetry, which finds its first and perfect expression in this magnificent hymn. It was sung by Moses and the people, an e...
The Song of Triumph ( Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2-18 ( psalm ), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 f. E). The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of Heb. song are short (p. 44). And Miriam's br...
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. The earth swallowed them - It is very likely there was also an earthquake on this occasion, and that chasms were made in the bottom of t...
The earth swallowed them— That is, says Ainsworth, the bottom of the sea, the abyss which the sea covers; as in Jonah 2:6 .— ארצ aretz, rendered earth, sometimes signifies, the lowest part of...
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou stretchedst out thy right hand. Recurrence is here again had to the image of a warrior driving a war-chariot. Like fiery st...
The Song of Moses On the further shore of the Red Sea the Israelites celebrate their deliverance in a magnificent hymn of praise. It consists of three strophes or stanzas of increasing length, viz...
Stanza 3 is a short one, entering into no details — simply summing up the entire result in two sentences: one, parallel to Exodus 15:2-3 ; Exodus 15:6-7 , setting forth the glory of God, as shown i...
Moses' Song of Praise to Jehovah Exodus 15:1-18 This sublime ode falls into three divisions. We learn, first, what God is: strength in the day of battle; song in victory; salvation always...
It was a great and glorious song thatrose on the morning air on the far side of the sea. A study of it will reveal it to be a song of the King. It was a high ecstatic moment of national consciousness...
Reader! observe, if God be at enmity with sinners, all creation is at variance with them also. Read that scripture, Deuteronomy 28:23 , etc.
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand ,.... That is, exerted his power, and gave a display and proof of it; of which the right hand is an emblem: the earth swallowed them ; meaning Pharaoh and his h...
Thou stretchedst out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Ver. 12. The earth swallowed them, ] That is, the sea, which compasseth the earth about as a girdle: God having set the solid earth u...
The earth swallowed them up Their dead bodies sunk into the sands, on which they were thrown, which sucked them in.
THE SONG OF SALVATION (vs.1-19) This is the first song found in scripture, and a most fitting response to the greatness of God's victory in delivering His people. It is an expression of joy in th...
Triumphant Song of the Israelites. B. C. 1491. 1 Then sang Moses and the children of Isr...
Either, 1. The globe, consisting of earth and water, which is here called earth; as it is called the deep , and the water s, Genesis 1:2 . Or, 2. The earth is here put for the sea , th...
Exodus 15 The Aftermath of the Battle Between Yahweh and Pharaoh's Army. As a result of Egypt's defeat a song was composed. There is no good reason for denying that it was written at the time....
CRITICAL NOTES.— Exodus 15:1 . This Song.]—In order fully to appreciate the exquisite beauties of this Song, several conditions must be observed; among them we may name the following:— (1.) The...
Exodus 15:1-10 . Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the LORD, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the LORD, for he hath triumphed gloriously: the horse and his rider hath he...
Exodus 15:1 . Then sang Moses. The Israelites sang in companies; and the one company often answered the other. See Bishop Lowth on the Hebrew Poetry. Also Psalms 68:25 ; Ecclesiastes 2:8 ; Ezra...
EXPOSITION THE SONG OF MOSES . Full of gratitude, joy, and happiness—burning with a desire to vent in devotional utterance of the most fitting kind, his intense and almost ecstatic feelin...
The Song of Triumph
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Faith as Exemplified in Moses Selections from Exodus 3:1-22 ; Exodus 6:1-30 ; Exodus 7:1-25 ; Exodus 8:1-32 ; Exodus 14:1-31 ; Exodus 15:1-27 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Children of Israe...
The earth swallowed them — Their dead bodies sunk into the sands on which they were thrown, which sucked them in.