Exodus 15:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 15:1-21

3. Israel’s song of deliverance 15:1-21"The song is composed of three gradually increasing strophes, each of which commences with the praise of Jehovah, and ends with a description of the overthrow of the Egyptian host (Exodus 15:2-18). The theme announced in the introduction in Exodus 15:1 is thus treated in three different ways; and whilst the omnipotence of God, displayed in the destruction of the enemy, is the prominent topic in the first two strophes, the third depicts with prophetic... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-27

The Song of MosesOn 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. Exodus 15:2-5, Exodus 15:6-10, Exodus 15:11-18. The first v. is introductory and may have been repeated as a chorus after each stanza: see on Exodus 15:21. On the structure of Hebrew poetry see Introduction to the Psalms. In language and style the song bears many marks of high antiquity. There can be... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 15:2

(2) The Lord is my strength and song.—Heb., My strength and song is Jah. The contracted form of Jehovah, Jah, is here used for the first time; but its existence in the current speech has already been indicated by the name Moriah, which occurs in Genesis 22:1. It is here used on account of the rhythm.He is become my salvation.—Heb,, he has been to me for salvation: i.e., “he has saved me out of the hand of Pharaoh.” The beauty and force of the passage causes Isaiah to adopt it into one of his... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Exodus 15:1-27

Exodus 15:2 Happy the heart that has learned to say my God! All religion is contained in that short expression, and all the blessedness that man or angel is capable of. Thomas Erskine. 'He is my God... my father's God.' Compare the early reflection of Dr. John G. Paton, the New Hebrides missionary, as he watched the piety of his old father in the home: 'He walked with God; why may not I?' Lord, I find my Saviour's genealogy strangely chequered with four remarkable changes in four immediate... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-22

CHAPTER XV.THE SONG OF MOSES.Exodus 15:1-22.During this halt they prepared that great song of triumph which St. John heard sung by them who had been victorious over the beast, standing by the sea of glass, having the harps of God. For by that calmer sea, triumphant over a deadlier persecution, they still found their adoration and joy expressed in this earliest chant of sacred victory. Because all holy hearts give like thanks to Him Who sitteth upon the throne, therefore "deep answers unto... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Exodus 15:1-21

7. The Song of Redemption CHAPTER 15:1-21 1. Jehovah acknowledged and praised (Exodus 15:1-2 ) 2. The victory celebrated as His victory (Exodus 15:3-10 ) 3. His holiness praised (Exodus 15:11-13 ) 4. His enemies tremble (Exodus 15:14-16 ) 5. Thou shalt bring them in (Exodus 15:17-18 ) 6. The judgment and salvation (Exodus 15:19 ) 7. The women’s chorus (Exodus 15:20-21 ) This is a great chapter. It is the first song in the Bible. In Egypt was no singing for Israel but only... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Exodus 15:2

15:2 The LORD [is] my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he [is] my God, and I will {b} prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.(b) To worship him in it. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 15:1-27

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 Lord and "the joy of the Lord is your strength" (Nehemiah 8:10). They needed such strength as they began their wilderness journey, just as we too need it for our Christian path with its many trials. Thank God that He can supply such fulness of joy at the contemplation of our eternal redemption in... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Exodus 15:1-21

HORSE AND RIDER THROWN THROUGH THE RED SEA ( Exodus 14:0 ) What was the command now given to Moses (Exodus 14:2 )? From Etham, their present stopping place, the next step was of great importance. That town was near the head of the Red Sea at the border of the wilderness of Arabia and the limit of the three days’ journey for which they had applied to Pharaoh. Would they remain there and offer their sacrifices as proposed, or continue their journey and endeavor to leave the country of the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Exodus 15:1-21

The Song of Deliverance Exo 15:1-21 The spirit of this song is above verbal criticism. This is the first composition of the sort which has come under our notice, and therefore it occasions the greater surprise and delight We are not just to the song when we go back upon it from a perusal of Isaiah. We put the song into a wrong time-setting, and therefore miss the music of the occasion. Yet even to go back upon it from a perusal of "Paradise Lost" no whit of its magnificence is surrendered. It... read more

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