_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 THROWN INTO THE SEA._ Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song. The scene of this thanksgiving song is sup... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD IS MY STRENGTH AND SONG, AND HE IS BECOME MY SALVATION: HE IS MY GOD, AND I WILL PREPARE HIM AN HABITATION; MY FATHER'S GOD, AND I WILL EXALT HIM._ The Lord is my strength and song, х_ `AAZ_ (H5794)] - denotes strength, also glory, praise; and the import of the clause is commonly taken to... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR: THE LORD IS HIS NAME._ THE LORD IS A MAN OF WAR - i:e., a mighty warrior, a resistless conqueror; because all the flower and chivalry of the Egyptian army were destroyed in one moment by his omnipotent arm. The phrase is according to the Hebrew idiom, which uses х_ 'IYSH_... [ Continue Reading ]
_PHARAOH'S CHARIOTS AND HIS HOST HATH HE CAST INTO THE SEA: HIS CHOSEN CAPTAINS ALSO ARE DROWNED IN THE RED SEA._ Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea. The Hebrew word rendered "cast" signifies what is hurled with great force, as an arrow shot from a bow, and it describes the f... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE DEPTHS HAVE COVERED THEM: THEY SANK INTO THE BOTTOM AS A STONE._ They sank into the bottom, х_ BIMTSOWLOWT_ (H4688)] - in the abysses.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THY RIGHT HAND, O LORD, IS BECOME GLORIOUS IN POWER: THY RIGHT HAND, O LORD, HATH DASHED IN PIECES THE ENEMY._ Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power. The right hand was the pledge of good faith, and the truth or faithfulness of God to his promises (Genesis 15:14; Genesis 46:4) is mag... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND IN THE GREATNESS OF THINE EXCELLENCY THOU HAST OVERTHROWN THEM THAT ROSE UP AGAINST THEE: THOU SENTEST FORTH THY WRATH, WHICH CONSUMED THEM AS STUBBLE._ And in the greatness of thine excellency, х_ Gª'OWNªKAA_ (H1347)] - height or majesty (cf. Job 37:4; Job 40:10). х_ TAHªROC_ (H2040) _ QAAMEY... [ Continue Reading ]
_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._ And with the blast of thy nostrils - i:e., the strong east wind (Exodus 14:21: cf. Psalms 18:15). THE WATERS WERE GATHERED TOGETHER, х... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE ENEMY SAID, I WILL PURSUE, I WILL OVERTAKE, I WILL DIVIDE THE SPOIL; MY LUST SHALL BE SATISFIED UPON THEM; I WILL DRAW MY SWORD, MY HAND SHALL DESTROY THEM._ The enemy said, I will pursue ... The pride and insolence of the Egyptians are very graphically depicted in their confident assurance of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU DIDST BLOW WITH THY WIND, THE SEA COVERED THEM: THEY SANK AS LEAD IN THE MIGHTY WATERS._ Thou didst blow with thy wind. Yahweh, like a consummate general, concealed, as it were, his plan of onset, until the Egyptians were in the middle of the channel; and the moment the Israelites were secure... [ Continue Reading ]
_WHO IS LIKE UNTO THEE, O LORD, AMONG THE GODS? WHO IS LIKE THEE, GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, FEARFUL IN PRAISES, DOING WONDERS?_ Who is like unto thee, O Lord, among the gods? х_ BAA'EELIM_ (H410)] - not potentates and great men, but the pagan gods (cf. Psalms 86:8, where _ 'ªLOHIYM_ (H430), gods, is us... [ Continue Reading ]
_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 steeds which find the reins slackened (Habakkuk 3:8), the waters, no longer restrained, rushed forward into... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU IN THY MERCY HAST LED FORTH THE PEOPLE WHICH THOU HAST REDEEMED: THOU HAST GUIDED THEM IN THY STRENGTH UNTO THY HOLY HABITATION._ Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed. In this third and concluding strophe the poet makes a natural transition from the justice of... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE PEOPLE SHALL HEAR, AND BE AFRAID: SORROW SHALL TAKE HOLD ON THE INHABITANTS OF PALESTINA._ Sorrow shall take hold on the inhabitants of Palestina, х_ CHIYL_ (H2427) _ 'AACHAZ_ (H270)] - terror hath taken hold. The people of Canaan are described as thrown into fearful commotion, as panic-struck... [ Continue Reading ]
_THEN THE DUKES OF EDOM SHALL BE AMAZED; THE MIGHTY MEN OF MOAB, TREMBLING SHALL TAKE HOLD UPON THEM; ALL THE INHABITANTS OF CANAAN SHALL MELT AWAY._ The dukes of Edom shall be amazed - literally, were troubled, were in trepidation, paralyzed with terror (cf. 1 Samuel 28:21; 2 Samuel 4:1; Psalms 48... [ Continue Reading ]
_FEAR AND DREAD SHALL FALL UPON THEM; BY THE GREATNESS OF THINE ARM THEY SHALL BE AS STILL AS A STONE; TILL THY PEOPLE PASS OVER, O LORD, TILL THE PEOPLE PASS OVER, WHICH THOU HAST PURCHASED._ By the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still literally, struck dumb with astonishment and terror;... [ Continue Reading ]
_THOU SHALT BRING THEM IN, AND PLANT THEM IN THE MOUNTAIN OF THINE INHERITANCE, IN THE PLACE, O LORD, WHICH THOU HAST MADE FOR THEE TO DWELL IN, IN THE SANCTUARY, O LORD, WHICH THY HANDS HAVE ESTABLISHED._ Thou shalt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance-or possession.... [ Continue Reading ]
_THE LORD SHALL REIGN FOR EVER AND EVER._ The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. They had seen Pharaoh's reign brought to a sudden end; but that of Yahweh over His people would be everlasting; and the deliverance which they had just been celebrating, and for which they had been indebted to His spe... [ Continue Reading ]
_FOR THE HORSE OF PHARAOH WENT IN WITH HIS CHARIOTS AND WITH HIS HORSEMEN INTO THE SEA, AND THE LORD BROUGHT AGAIN THE WATERS OF THE SEA UPON THEM; BUT THE CHILDREN OF ISRAEL WENT ON DRY LAND IN THE MIDST OF THE SEA._ For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots ... This verse, in accordance... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND MIRIAM THE PROPHETESS, THE SISTER OF AARON, TOOK A TIMBREL IN HER HAND; AND ALL THE WOMEN WENT OUT AFTER HER WITH TIMBRELS AND WITH DANCES._ Miriam the prophetess - so called from her receiving divine revelations (Numbers 12:1; Micah 6:4), but in this instance, principally from her being emine... [ Continue Reading ]
_SO MOSES BROUGHT ISRAEL FROM THE RED SEA, AND THEY WENT OUT INTO THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR; AND THEY WENT THREE DAYS IN THE WILDERNESS, AND FOUND NO WATER._ Wilderness of Shur - comprehending all the western part of Arabia-Petraea. The desert of Etham was a part of it, extending round the northern po... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND WHEN THEY CAME TO MARAH, THEY COULD NOT DRINK OF THE WATERS OF MARAH, FOR THEY WERE BITTER: THEREFORE THE NAME OF IT WAS CALLED MARAH._ Came to Marah - following the general route of all travelers southward, along the Wady Werdan, an almost interminable plain of smooth white sand, between the... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THE PEOPLE MURMURED AGAINST MOSES, SAYING, WHAT SHALL WE DRINK?_ No JFB commentary on this verse.... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND HE CRIED UNTO THE LORD; AND THE LORD SHEWED HIM A TREE, WHICH WHEN HE HAD CAST INTO THE WATERS, THE WATERS WERE MADE SWEET: THERE HE MADE FOR THEM A STATUTE AND AN ORDINANCE, AND THERE HE PROVED THEM,_ The Lord showed him a tree. Some travelers have pronounced this to be the elvah of the Arabs... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND SAID, IF THOU WILT DILIGENTLY HEARKEN TO THE VOICE OF THE LORD THY GOD, AND WILT DO THAT WHICH IS RIGHT IN HIS SIGHT, AND WILT GIVE EAR TO HIS COMMANDMENTS, AND KEEP ALL HIS STATUTES, I WILL PUT NONE OF THESE DISEASES UPON THEE, WHICH I HAVE BROUGHT UPON THE EGYPTIANS: FOR I AM THE LORD THAT HE... [ Continue Reading ]
_AND THEY CAME TO ELIM, WHERE WERE TWELVE WELLS OF WATER, AND THREESCORE AND TEN PALM TREES: AND THEY ENCAMPED THERE BY THE WATERS._ Came to Elim - i:e., the trees, or palm grove; supposed by Robinson ('Biblical Researches,' vol. 1:, pp. 100-5) to be what is now called Wady Ghurundel, the most exte... [ Continue Reading ]