Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Exodus 15:9
My lust; the lust of covetousness and revenge too. Shall destroy them; or, take possession of them and theirs: see of this word, Numbers 14:12,24.
My lust; the lust of covetousness and revenge too. Shall destroy them; or, take possession of them and theirs: see of this word, Numbers 14:12,24.
Verse Exodus 15:9. _THE ENEMY SAID_] As this song was composed by Divine inspiration, we may rest assured that these words were spoken by Pharaoh and his captains, and the passions they describe felt,...
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
I WILL PURSUE. Note the Figure of speech _Asyndeton_ (App-6), in Exodus 15:9 and Exodus 15:10. No "ands": to hasten on to the grand climax-" they sank as lead" (Exodus 15:10). LUST. Hebrew. _nephesh =...
THE ENEMY SAID, &C.— No reader can be insensible to the striking beauty in these verses: the exultation of the enemy is so finely expressed in the one, and their sudden destruction so emphatically in...
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...
_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 ... Th...
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...
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...
(6-10) The second stanza, or strophe, expands the subject-matter of the first. It begins, like the first, with some general expressions, setting forth the glory and power of Jehovah (Exodus 15:6), as...
THE ENEMY SAID. — Pharaoh’s soldiers were as anxious as their master to come to blows. (See above, Exodus 15:7.) They hoped to acquire the rich spoil which the Israelites had carried off from Egypt in...
אָמַ֥ר אֹויֵ֛ב אֶרְדֹּ֥ף אַשִּׂ֖יג אֲחַלֵּ֣ק שָׁלָ֑ל...
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....
_Enemy. Miracles make but small impression upon the wicked. They pursue their schemes of destruction, which end in their own ruin! --- Slay. Hebrew, "despoil." Septuagint, "bring them into subjection....
The church hath found great cause, in all ages, to plead with her God of the enemy's vauntings. See Psalms 74:1 throughout....
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...
9._The enemy said. _He relates the boast of Pharaoh not merely in exultation over him, but to magnify the miracle, whereby God gives over to destruction this wolf intent upon his prey. But there is mo...
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...
THE ENEMY SAID,.... That is, Pharaoh, who repented that he had let Israel go; an emblem of Satan, who when the people of God are taken out of his hands is uneasy at it, and seeks to recover them again...
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. Ver. 9. _The enemy said, I will._] The...
_The enemy said, I will pursue_ This verse is inexpressibly beautiful. Instead of barely saying, “The Egyptians, by pursuing the Israelites, went into the sea,” Moses himself, as it were, enters into...
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...
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...
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...
DESTROY: Or, repossess...
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 15:9 enemy H341 (H8802) said H559 (H8804) pursue H7291 (H8799) overtake H5381 (H8686) divide...
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 15:9 Israel was, in the first place, delivered from the hand of God, and then, as the result of this, Israel was delivered from the hand of Pharaoh. Consider: I. The state of the Israelites w...
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 enemy said._ THE ENEMY’S SPIRIT Observe the spirit of the enemy of Israel. It was characterized-- 1. By great ambition. It was the love of power and dominion. To hold human beings as property...
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 15:9 While the words of THE ENEMY refer first of all to the actions of the Egyptians (PURSUE, OVERTAKE; see...
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...
I will pursue Genesis 49:27 Judges 5:30 1 Kings 19:2 1 Kings 20:10 Isaiah
FAITH AS EXEMPLIFIED IN MOSES Selections from Exodus 3:1; Exodus 6:1; Exodus 7:1; Exodus 8:1;...
My lust — My desire both of revenge and gain....