Exodus 15:11-12

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; Exodus 15:6, setting forth the glory of God, as shown in the occurrences; the other emphasising the great fact of the occasion, and stating it in the briefest possible terms: “Thou stretchedst out thy right hand; the earth swallowed them.” This second clause is parallel to Exodus 15:4; Exodus 15:8. It concentrates into four words the gist of those two passages.