Exodus 15:1-18
THE SONG OF TRIUMPH... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONG OF TRIUMPH... [ Continue Reading ]
Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, a hymn of praise and thanksgiving for deliverance from their mighty enemies, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I WILL SING UNTO THE LORD, FOR HE HATH TRIUMPHED GLORIOUSLY, He has set forth His great majesty; THE HORSE AND HIS RIDER HATH HE THROWN... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is my Strength and Song, the great might of Jehovah, or Jah, as the poet here abbreviates the name, is the inspiration of his song, AND HE IS BECOME MY SALVATION; to those that are His, He has granted deliverance from the dangers that threatened them. HE IS MY GOD, emphatically: such a one... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord is a man of war, able to wage war successfully and to subdue all enemies; THE LORD, JEHOVAH, IS HIS NAME.... [ Continue Reading ]
Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath He cast into the sea; his chosen captains, the choice of his officers, also are drowned in the Red Sea, being submerged in the water.... [ Continue Reading ]
The depths have covered them, the great masses of water, part of the mighty ocean; THEY SANK INTO THE BOTTOM AS A STONE, without a chance of being saved. That is the first verse of this great hymn.... [ Continue Reading ]
Thy right hand, O Lord, is become glorious in power, has glorified itself in strength; THY RIGHT HAND, O LORD, HATH DASHED IN PIECES THE ENEMY, utterly annihilated them.... [ Continue Reading ]
And in the greatness of Thine excellency, of Thy majesty, Thou hast overthrown them that rose up against Thee, destroyed Thine adversaries; THOU SENTEST FORTH THY WRATH, WHICH CONSUMED THEM AS STUBBLE. The breath of God's glowing anger, which ate the opponents like straw, may have reference to the l... [ Continue Reading ]
And with the blast of Thy nostrils the waters were gathered together, for thus Moses regarded the strong east wind which the Lord sent, THE FLOODS STOOD UPRIGHT AS AN HEAP, AND THE DEPTHS WERE CONGEALED IN THE HEART OF THE SEA; for the walls of water stood up like frozen masses on either side as the... [ Continue Reading ]
The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them, my soul will get its fill of them; I WILL DRAW MY SWORD, MY HAND SHALL DESTROY THEM. The short sentences, hardly more than exclamations, vividly paint the certainty of victory which possess... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD SENDS QUAILS AND MANNA... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou didst blow with Thy wind, the sea covered them; they sank as lead in the mighty waters, they sank from view like a plummet, and the rushing billows of the great sea bore witness to the glory of the Creator. Thus the second stanza of the hymn is concluded. And it came to pass, as Aaron spake un... [ Continue Reading ]
Who is like unto Thee, O Lord, among the gods, among all those to whom men apply the name gods? WHO IS LIKE THEE, GLORIOUS IN HOLINESS, FEARFUL IN PRAISES, DOING WONDERS? Jehovah, who performed such great miracles, which men could contemplate. only with fear and trembling, had thereby given the guar... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou stretchedst out Thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. The miracles which the Lord had performed in Egypt and upon the host of the Egyptians showed that a similar fate awaits all the enemies of the Lord, that no man can stand before Him as His opponent. I have heard the murmurings of the ch... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou in Thy mercy hast led forth the people which Thou hast redeemed. The deliverance out of Egypt was a proof of the fact that Israel was the Lord's people, the people of His redemption, but also that this miracle was due to His mercy alone, and not to any worthiness in them. THOU HAST GUIDED THEM... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the dew that lay was gone up, that is, the heavy fog that accompanied the precipitation, BEHOLD, UPON THE FACE OF THE WILDERNESS THERE LAY A SMALL ROUND THING, AS SMALL AS THE HOARFROST ON THE GROUND, like flaky kernels, Numbers 11:7. The people shall hear and be afraid, be filled with res... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the dukes of Edom shall be amazed, will lose heart and courage; THE MIGHTY MEN OF MOAB, TREMBLING SHALL TAKE HOLD UPON THEM, take a firm grip upon them; ALL THE INHABITANTS OF CANAAN SHALL MELT AWAY in dread and terror. And when the children of Israel saw it, they said one to another, What is... [ Continue Reading ]
Fear and dread shall fall upon them, a horror which would render them helpless; BY THE GREATNESS OF THINE ARM THEY SHALL BE AS STILL AS A STONE, mute, unable to utter a word, to raise a single objection; TILL THY PEOPLE PASS OVER, O LORD, TILL THE PEOPLE PASS OVER WHICH THOU HAST PURCHASED. The fina... [ 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. In the eyes of the prophet all these things were even now accomplished; he saw his people living... [ Continue Reading ]
The Lord shall reign forever and ever. The singer here rises to the greatest heights of exultation and looks even beyond the temporal kingdom of Israel in the Land of Promise, to the eternal reign of the Messiah. And when they did mete it with an omer, the measure which the Lord had given as the st... [ Continue Reading ]
And Moses said, Let no man leave of it till the morning, in an attempt to hoard the food. For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, the historian implying, at this point, that Pharaoh, riding forward at the head of his army, was destroyed with all his ho... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SONG OF MIRIAM... [ Continue Reading ]
Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto Moses, they again became guilty of stubborn disobedience; BUT SOME OF THEM LEFT OF IT UNTIL THE MORNING, AND IT BRED WORMS AND STANK; the tiny maggots that developed caused a rapid decay. AND MOSES WAS WROTH WITH THEM, on account of their stubbornness. And Mi... [ Continue Reading ]
And they gathered it every morning, every man according to his eating; and when the sun waxed hot, it melted. Thus the Lord provided for His people in their need, mercifully overlooking their weakness, even as He does to this day, as His children experience time and again. And Miriam answered them,... [ Continue Reading ]
So Moses brought Israel from the Red Sea, and they went out into the wilderness of Shur; they left the last fountain of fresh water behind them and marched out into the desert which extends along the eastern shore of the Gulf of Suez, the western arm of the Red Sea; AND THEY WENT THREE DAYS IN THE W... [ Continue Reading ]
IN THE WILDERNESS OF SHUR... [ Continue Reading ]
And when they came to Marah, probably the modern Hawara, thirty-three miles from the place where they had crossed the sea, THEY COULD NOT DRINK OF THE WATERS OF MARAH, FOR THEY WERE BITTER, not merely saltish, but disagreeably repugnant; THEREFORE THE NAME OF IT WAS CALLED MARAH (bitterness).... [ Continue Reading ]
And the people murmured against Moses, saying, What shall we drink? So quickly did the children of Israel forget the many evidences of God's mercy in Egypt and the miraculous deliverance at the Red Sea.... [ Continue Reading ]
And he cried unto the Lord, for counsel and assistance; AND THE LORD SHOWED HIM A TREE, indicated some wood to him, WHICH WHEN HE HAD CAST INTO THE WATERS, THE WATERS WERE MADE SWEET, as palatable and wholesome as the best drinking-water. In this way the Lord overlooked the weakness of His children... [ 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 hea... [ 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. In this beautiful oasis the people had an opportunity to refresh themselves from the fatigue of the journey and to prepare for the continuation of the journey. Days of j... [ Continue Reading ]