seekeroftruth
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Exodus 15:“The Lord is my strength and my defense[a];
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a warrior;
the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.(b)
5 The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Lord,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
shattered the enemy.
he has become my salvation.
He is my God, and I will praise him,
my father’s God, and I will exalt him.
3 The Lord is a warrior;
the Lord is his name.
4 Pharaoh’s chariots and his army
he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
are drowned in the Red Sea.(b)
5 The deep waters have covered them;
they sank to the depths like a stone.
6 Your right hand, Lord,
was majestic in power.
Your right hand, Lord,
shattered the enemy.
a. Exodus 15:2 Or song
b. Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22
I don't like poetry. [I don't know what I'm going to do when I get to Psalms.] I'd rather hear a song then read the words. So it's really hard for me to keep focused on these verses and their meaning. To me they all say, God drowned the Egyptians.
One thing I haven't seen is the fact that all these Israelites have no jobs now. One thing about being enslaved by the Egyptians, they got three hots and a cot for their labor. Now, Pharaoh and all this army are gone. There's no work. Remember, the Israelites are not refugees. They have no jobs, no homes, no plan.
But wait! They're singing! Well I guess so, everything looked like it was over.... the enemy was everywhere.... they had just been saved, literally.... No wonder they were singing! Better unemployed, homeless, with no plan than to be dead, right?
I found this at Bible.org.
The deliverance of the Israelites and the defeat of the Egyptians is the occasion for the song which is recorded in Exodus chapter 15. It would appear that Moses wrote this song, which is no surprise in the light of the other songs he has written (Deut. 32; Psalm 90). The mood of the song is triumphant. The song is a description of the power of God as Israel’s defender, as evidenced in the destruction of the Egyptian army and in the deliverance of Israel by means of the Red Sea. The recent victory of God at the Red Sea is seen as a guarantee of the fulfillment of God’s purposes for Israel in the future, especially in the defeat of their enemies and in their possession of the land of Canaan.
While natural forces are employed, they are seen as miraculous events, brought about by the direct intervention and involvement of God. The Lord is said to have “hurled the Egyptians into the sea” (v. 4). They sank to the depths “like a stone” (v. 5).
