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Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:12

Exodus 15:12. The earth swallowed them up Their dead bodies sunk into the sands, on which they were thrown, which sucked them in. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 15:13

Exodus 15:13. Thou in thy mercy, &c. This and the four following verses contain a prophetic declaration of the glorious protection which God would grant his people after having brought them out of Egypt. And the reader does not know which to admire most, God’s tenderness for his people, whose guide and conductor he himself will be; or his formidable power, which, by causing terror and dread to walk before it, freezes with fear all such nations as should presume to oppose the passage of... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

Click image for full-size versionMoses’ victory song (15:1-21)The song that Moses and the people sang was more than just a song of rejoicing over a fallen enemy. It was above all a song of praise to God, whose character the people had come to know better in the events of their deliverance from Egypt. He was a God of power who saved his people and overthrew their enemies, a God of terrible majesty and holiness who so directed the forces of nature that arrogant, rebellious people were destroyed... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:13

mercy = loving-kindness, or grace. N. B. Led forth in mercy, redeemed in grace, guided by strength. redeemed . Hebrew. g'aal. See notes on Exodus 6:6 with Exodus 13:13 . Exodus the book of Redemption. See Title. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:14

people = peoples: no Art. (compare Genesis 49:16 , first occurance.) shall hear. Compare Joshua 2:9 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 15:16

Till Thy People , &c. Note Figure of speech Epizeuxis. App-6 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:11-15

"Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness? Fearful in praises, doing wonders? Thou stretchest out thy right hand, the earth swallowed them. Thou in thy lovingkindness hast led the people that thou hast redeemed. Thou has guided them in thy strength to thy holy habitation. The people have heard, they tremble: Pangs have taken hold on the inhabitants of Philistia. Then were the chiefs of Edom dismayed; The mighty men of Moab, trembling taketh hold... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 15:16-18

"Terror and dread falleth upon them; By the greatness of thine arm they are as still as a stone. Till thy people pass over, O Jehovah, Till the people pass over that thou hast purchased. Thou wilt bring them in, and plant them in the mountain of thine inheritance, The place, O Jehovah, which thou hast made for thee to dwell in, The sanctuary, O Lord, which thy hands have established. Jehovah shall reign forever and ever."The use of mingled present and future tenses here confirms the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 15:12

Exodus 15:12. The earth swallowed them— That is, says Ainsworth, the bottom of the sea, the abyss which the sea covers; as in Jonah 2:6.— ארצ aretz, rendered earth, sometimes signifies, the lowest part of the earth: pars infima cujuscunque rei, the lowest part of any thing, says Calasio: the lowest part of the earth devoured them. read more

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