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You divided the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on the dry land; and their pursuers you did cast into the depths, as a stone into the mighty waters.
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Echoes of Exodus
Commentators explain that this verse deliberately uses language from the Song of Moses in Exodus 15. The phrase 'as a stone into the mighty waters' is a direct reference. This shows the people were grounding their prayer in the scriptures, reminding themselves of God's foundational acts of power and deliverance.
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Nehemiah
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19th Century
Anglican
As a stone into the mighty waters —Compare the Song of Moses, and mark in the Hebrew both the identity and the variation.…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you did divide the sea before them, so that they went through the midst of the sea on dry land<…
Presbyterian
The summary of their prayers we have here on record. Much more, no doubt, was said. Whatever ability we have to do anything in the way of duty, we …
