Exodus 15:9

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 the shape of gold and silver ornaments and goodly apparel (Exodus 12:35), as well as their flocks and herds (Exodus 12:38).

My lust. — Heb., my soul. The particular passion to be gratified was cupidity, or desire of riches.

Destroy them. — So the Vulg., Onkelos, Rosenmüller, Knobel, Kalisch, and others. The meaning “re-possess,” given in the margin, rests upon the rendering of the LXX., which is κυριεύσει, but is otherwise unsupported.