Exodus 15:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

Of thy nostrils; or, of thine anger, to wit. that vehement east wind, Exodus 15:10, Exodus 14:21, which was raised by thine anger in order to the ruin of thine enemies. The floods, Heb. the streams, or the flowing waters, whose nature it is to be constantly in motion. Were congealed, i.e. hardened, stood still, as if they had been frozen, and so they were a wall on both hands, Exodus 14:22. In the heart of the sea, i.e. the midst; as that word is used, Psalms 18:16, Psalms 46:2 Ezekiel 28:2.

Exodus 15:8

8 And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, the floods stood upright as an heap, and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.