Nehemiah 9:11

divide … the dryland] The description is based on Exodus 14:21-22; Exodus 15:19. The verbal correspondence is striking.

their persecutors thou threwest into the deeps R.V. their pursuers thou didst cast into the depths. The poetical language of the latter part of the verse is drawn from Exodus 15:4-5, -Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea; … they went down into the depths like a stone."

as a stone into the mighty waters Cf. Exodus 15:5, -like a stone." 10, -as lead in the mighty waters." For the last words cf. Isaiah 43:16, -a path in the mighty waters."