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John Trapp · Citado em PreceptAustin
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Trapp - There is something more to be done than to pray. We must not only crave God’s help, but be forward in the course whereby to make way for God’s help.
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Trapp writes Jehovah "set his eyes upon them; as Paul did upon Elymus the sorcerer; with highest offence, and utmost indignation (Acts 13:8-9+). After which lightning follows that terrible thunderclap, wherewith he troubled them and took off their wheels." (See Ps 77:18-19; Ps 18:15.) So the Egyptians said, "Let us flee from Israel, for the LORD is fighting for them against the Egyptians" - In view of their exclamation here, the Egyptians seem to have come to know the LORD, but it was "too little, too late," and there was now no way of escape from the hand of the LORD. NET adds that "The word for “flee” (nus) is used when someone runs from fear of immanent danger and is a different word than the one used in Ex 14:5 (had fled = barach). Exodus 14:26 Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen." Stretch out - Ex 14:16 7:19 8:5 Mt 8:27 the waters - Ex 1:22 Jud 1:6,7 Mt 7:2 Jas 2:13 Rev 16:6 Exodus 14 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries CHARIOTS BOGGED DOWN ARE RIPE FOR DESTRUCTION Then the LORD said to Moses, "Stretch out your hand over the sea so that the waters may come back over the Egyptians, over their chariots and their horsemen - Compare with Ex 15:10 which explains how the waters came back over the Egyptians = "You blew with Your wind (cf Ps 147:18b, cf Mt 8:27+), the sea covered them; They sank like lead in the mighty waters." Is there not a suggestion of the law of sowing and reaping (especially Hosea 8:7 says "they sow the wind And they reap the whirlwind."), for the Pharaoh (who was considered a god by the Egyptians) had sought to kill the Hebrew baby boys by ordering them to be "cast into the Nile." (Ex 1:22+) and now the True and Living God orders Moses (who as a baby was cast into the Nile) to stretch out his hand so that Egyptian soldiers would be drowned in the Red Sea! Jehovah calling for Moses' dramatic stretching out of his hand and the sea covering the Egyptians "was God’s vindication of Moses. Israel previously accused him of the lowest of motivations, and the most evil state of heart (Exodus 14:10–12). With this work through Moses God showed the whole nation that Moses was their chosen leader." (Guzik) It is notable that neither Moses nor later "commentaries" in the psalms specifically state that Pharoah personally perished in the Red Sea - Ex 14:8, 10, 28; Ps. 106:7-12; Ps 136:13–15. Exodus 14:27 So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it; then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. NET Exodus 14:27 So Moses extended his hand toward the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state when the sun began to rise. Now the Egyptians were fleeing before it, but the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the middle of the sea. NLT Exodus 14:27 So as the sun began to rise, Moses raised his hand over the sea, and the water rushed back into its usual place. The Egyptians tried to escape, but the LORD swept them into the sea. Currid Exodus 14:27 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea and he returned the sea at daybreak to its place. And the Egyptians were fleeing to meet it. And Yahweh shook off the Egyptians in the midst of the sea. and the sea - Ex 14:21,22 15:1-21 Jos 4:18 the LORD overthrew- Jdg 5:20,21 Exodus 14 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries JEHOVAH OVERTHROWS THE EGYPTIANS USING THE SEA So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak, while the Egyptians were fleeing right into it - Moses obeys once again and the sovereign power of the LORD closed the sea, trapping the Egyptians like sardines in a can! the sea returned to its normal state at daybreak - NET = "the sea returned to its normal state" - The point is that the sea here had a normal level, and now when the Egyptians were in the sea on the dry ground the water would return to that level. Currid on the timing of the destruction at daybreak - We are told that the destruction of Egypt’s army occurred ‘at daybreak’. As the sun-god Ra rose in the east, the Egyptian forces were destroyed. The sun-god could do nothing for his worshippers; he was impotent to stop the decimation of his people. Who is sovereign? Who is God? Is it Ra, Pharaoh, or Yahweh? On this day, the triumph of the God of Israel is trumpeted forth throughout creation. The fears of the Hebrews and the boastings of the Egyptians are dashed by the overwhelming power of Yahweh! The same waters that formed a wall of protection for God’s people served as a tumbling wall of death for the Egyptians. The water thus signifies both blessing and curse. That curse finds its import in the verb that means ‘to shake off’ (in Piel pattern; cf. Ps. 136:15). God shakes off wicked men from the face of the earth (Neh. 5:13; Job 38:12–13). (Ibid) Then the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea - Again we see Moses in obeying God's command was used as an instrument in this grand drama, but it was Yahweh Who overthrew the Egyptians. Overthrew means “shake out” or “shaking off.” It has the significance of “throw downward.” (See Neh 5:13 or Job 38:13) Exodus 14:28 The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh's entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained. the waters - Ex 15:10 De 11:4 Ne 9:11 Ps 78:53 Hab 3:8-10,13 Heb 11:29 covered - Ex 14:13 2Ch 20:24 Ps 106:9-11 Ps 136:15 Exodus 14 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Pharaoh's army engulfed by the Red Sea, painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ALL EGYPTIAN ENEMIES ERADICATED Note that picture is probably completely accurate (which is often true of famous paintings of Biblical events) because it does not show the chariots and horesmen covered over (that would be difficult to paint) although the text does later say dead bodies were seen on the shore. This dramatic event is mentioned again in Deut 11:4 "and what He did to Egypt’s army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the LORD completely destroyed them." The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen, even Pharaoh's entire army that had gone into the sea after them; not even one of them remained - Covered is the same verb used in Ex 8:6 of the frogs that "came up and covered the land of Egypt." And again in Ex 10:5 it was used to describe the locusts that would "cover the surface of the land (fulfilled in Ex 10:15) so that no one will be able to see the land." In Ex 15:5 Moses Song records "the deeps cover them." In Ex 15:10 Jehovah "blew with (His) wind (and) the sea covered" the entire army.
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Trapp says Ex 14:30-31 are " A mercy never enough memorised." F B