Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 15:16
Be as still, or, be as silent; they shall be so struck. with amazement, that they shall be impotent both for speech and motion.
Be as still, or, be as silent; they shall be so struck. with amazement, that they shall be impotent both for speech and motion.
Verse Exodus 15:16. _TILL THY PEOPLE PASS OVER_] Not over the Red Sea, for that event had been already celebrated; but over the desert and Jordan, in order to be brought into the promised land....
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 expr...
7. THE SONG OF REDEMPTION CHAPTER 15:1-21 _ 1. Jehovah acknowledged and praised (Exodus 15:1)_ 2. The victory celebrated as His victory (Exodus 15:3) 3. His holiness praised (Exodus 15:11) 4. His
THE SONG OF TRIUMPH (Exodus 15:1 J, Exodus 15:2 ( PSALM), Exodus 15:19 R, Exodus 15:20 F. E). The oldest undoubtedly genuine fragments of H
TILL THY PEOPLE, &c. Note Figure of speech _Epizeuxis._ App-6....
THE PEOPLE SHALL HEAR, &C.— The sublimity of this passage would appear much more striking if it were rendered, agreeably to the Hebrew, _The people hear, they tremble: sorrow takes hold on the inhabit...
THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 15THEN SANG MO-SES AND THE CHILDREN OF IS-RA-EL THIS SONG UNTO JE-HO-VAH, AND SPAKE, SAYING, I will sing unto Je-ho-vah, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse an...
_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...
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. Ex...
PURCHASED] Jehovah's proprietorship in them was secured by redemption. Hence His claim upon their gratitude and obedience: cp. e.g. Deuteronomy 4:34 and the ground on which the Ten Commandments are ba...
EXODUS: ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION THE *ISRAELITES LEAVE EGYPT EXODUS CHAPTER S 1 TO 18 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 15 MOSES AND MIRIAM SING A SONG – VERSES 1-18 V1 Then Moses and the...
(13-18) The concluding stanza of the ode involves a change of attitude, and deals with new matters. The poet’s eye fixes itself upon the future. First, he speaks of the guidance of God, lately begun,...
FEAR AND DREAD SHALL FALL UPON THEM. — A portion of the Edomites felt so much fear of Israel that they allowed them to pass through their coasts (Deuteronomy 2:4). The Moabites of Aracted similarly (D...
תִּפֹּ֨ל עֲלֵיהֶ֤ם אֵימָ֨תָה֙ וָ פַ֔חַד בִּ ג
MOSES' SONG OF PRAISE TO JEHOVAH Exodus 15:1 This sublime ode falls into three divisions. _We learn, first, what God is: strength_ in the day of battle; _song_ in victory; _salvation_ always. He is t...
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....
_In the, &c. When they shall behold thy wonders, wrought in our defence. --- Let them cease to make opposition. Hebrew, "let them be silent as a stone." (Haydock)_...
See this fulfilled, Deuteronomy 2:4; Numbers 22:3; Joshua 2:9....
There is hardly a book of the Old Testament that stands out in more decided contrast with the book of Genesis than the one which follows it most closely. And this is the more striking, because God emp...
16._Fear and dread shall fall upon them. _Some read this in the optative mood, but with little probability, as it seems to me; for Moses is not so much expressing wishes or prayers, as animating the I...
Hereupon we enter the desert. They sing (chap. 15) the song of triumph. God has led them by His power to His holy habitation. But they are on this journey, not in Canaan. He will lead them into the pl...
FEAR AND DREAD SHALL FALL UPON THEM.... On the several nations and people before mentioned, especially the Canaanites, which the Targums of Jonathan and Jerusalem interpret of the fear of death, lest...
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. Ver....
1 Moses song. 22 The people want water. 23 The waters at Marah are bitter. 25 A tree sweetneth them. 27 At Elim are twelue wels, and seuentie palme trees. 1 THEN sang [NOTE: Genesis 1:20.] Moses a...
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 objecti...
THE LORD SENDS QUAILS AND MANNA...
THE SONG OF TRIUMPH...
B. THE SONG OF TRIUMPH Exo 15:1-21 1Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto Jehovah, and said: I will sing unto Jehovah, for he is highly exalted; The horse and his rider hath he...
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 the Lo...
1-21 This song is the most ancient we know of. It is a holy song, to the honour of God, to exalt his name, and celebrate his praise, and his only, not in the least to magnify any man. Holiness to the...
This chapter opens with Israel's magnificent song of triumph on the shore of the Red Sea, when they had seen "that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians." They had seen God's salvation, and...
Exodus 15:16 Fear H367 dread H6343 fall H5307 (H8799) greatness H1419 arm H2220 still H1826 (H8799) stone...
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. Songs o...
Exodus 15:1. _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...
Exodus 15:1. 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...
CONTENTS: The song of the redeemed. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Miriam. CONCLUSION: Those who love God triumph in His triumphs and what is His honor is their joy. Our first thought should be to give glo...
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;...
_The people shall hear, and be afraid._ THE WORLD AFRAID OF GOD’S PEOPLE What shall make these mighty men melt away? Seeing two or three millions of unwarlike folks marching towards them--an unarmed...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:1 The song of praise is a celebration of the Lord’s triumph over Pharaoh’s army in the Red Sea. It is similar to other songs or psalms in both the OT and NT that celebrate par...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:13 These verses describe Israel’s journey out of Egypt and into Canaan. They anticipate the surrounding peoples’ fear. YOUR OWN MOUNTAIN, THE PLACE... YOU HAVE MADE FOR YOUR A...
EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 15:16 PURCHASED. An image for how God “acquired” his people through his great deeds on their behalf. Compare Psalms 74:2....
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 exist...
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 feelings, Moses, who...
So Moses broke forth in song. Chapter fifteen is actually the song of Moses, of God's deliverance and victory. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and they spake, sayin...
dread Deuteronomy 2:25 Deuteronomy 11:25 Joshua 2:9 still Exodus 11:7...
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...