Thematic Bible
Exodus 15:1 (show verse)
Moses and the Israelites sang this song to Jehovah: I will sing to Jehovah, because he has won a glorious victory. He has thrown the horses and their riders into the sea.
Exodus 15:2 (show verse)
Jehovah is my strong defender. He is the one who has saved me. He is my God, and I will praise him, my father's God, and I will sing about his greatness.
Exodus 15:3 (show verse)
Jehovah is His name, and he is a warrior!
Exodus 15:4 (show verse)
He threw the chariots and army of Egypt's king into the Red Sea, and he drowned the best of the king's army.
Exodus 15:5 (show verse)
The depths have covered them. They sank to the bottom just like boulders.
Exodus 15:6 (show verse)
With the tremendous force of your right arm, Jehovah, you crushed your enemies.
Exodus 15:7 (show verse)
In the greatness of your excellence you overthrow those who rose up against you. You sent your wrath and consumed them like stubble.
Exodus 15:8 (show verse)
With a blast from your nostrils, the water piled up. The waves stood up like a dam. The deep water thickened in the middle of the sea.
Exodus 15:9 (show verse)
The enemy said: 'I will pursue them! I will catch them! I will divide the loot! I will take all I want! I will use my sword! I will take all they have!'
Exodus 15:10 (show verse)
Your breath blew the sea over them. They sank like lead in the raging water.
Exodus 15:11 (show verse)
Who among the gods is like you Jehovah? Who is like you, wonderful in holiness? Who can work wonders and mighty acts like yours?
Exodus 15:12 (show verse)
You stretched out your right hand, and the earth swallowed our enemies.
Exodus 15:13 (show verse)
Using your powerful love, you rescued (redeemed) the people.
Exodus 15:14 (show verse)
Nations learned of this and trembled. The Philistines shook with horror.
Exodus 15:15 (show verse)
The sheiks (chiefs) of Edom were dismayed. The leaders of Moab are griped with fear. The inhabitants of Canaan are filled with fear.
Exodus 15:16 (show verse)
Terror and dread fall upon them. By the greatness of your arm they are motionless as stone. Until your people pass over, O Jehovah, until the people pass over whom you have purchased.
Exodus 15:17 (show verse)
You will bring them and plant them on your own mountain, the place where you live, O Jehovah, the holy place that you built with your own hands, O Jehovah.
Exodus 15:18 (show verse)
Jehovah will rule as king forever and ever.
Exodus 15:19 (show verse)
When Pharaoh's horses, chariots, and cavalry went into the sea, Jehovah made the water of the sea flow back over them. The Israelites had gone through the sea on dry ground.
Exodus 15:20 (show verse)
The prophet Miriam, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand. All the women, danced with tambourines, and followed her.
Exodus 15:21 (show verse)
Miriam sang to them: Sing to Jehovah. He has won a glorious victory. He has thrown horses and their riders into the sea.
Exodus 15:22 (show verse)
Moses led Israel away from the Red Sea into the desert of Shur. For three days they traveled in the desert without finding water.
Exodus 15:23 (show verse)
When they came to Marah, they could not drink the water because it tasted bitter. That is why the place was called Marah (Bitter Place).
Exodus 15:24 (show verse)
The people complained about Moses. They asked: What can we drink?
Exodus 15:25 (show verse)
Moses cried out to Jehovah. Jehovah showed him a piece of wood. He threw it into the water, and the water became sweet. Jehovah presented laws and rules for them to live by. He tested them there.
Exodus 15:26 (show verse)
He said: If you will listen carefully to Jehovah your God and do what he considers right, if you pay attention to his commands and obey all his laws, I will never make you suffer any of the diseases I made the Egyptians suffer. I am Jehovah, who heals you.
Exodus 15:27 (show verse)
Then they went to Elim. There were twelve springs and seventy palm trees. They camped there by the water.