But the Israelites had walked through the sea on dry ground, with walls of water on their right and on their left.
But the children of Israel walked upon dry land in the midst of the sea,.... The bottom of it becoming so through the strong east wind, which blew all night until they came to the opposite shore, where they landed on "terra firma"; and so Noldius renders the phrase "through the sea"; that is, from shore to shore: and the waters were a wall to...
God can break through the greatest difficulties and force a way where none exists. The Almighty is not bound by nature's laws; when He pleases, fire will not burn and water will not flow. This sea divided before Israel is a mirror of His power and His faithfulness to His people.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 14:21-31
Exo 14:26-29 Then God directed Moses to stretch out his staff again over the sea, and the sea came back with the turning of the morning (when the morning turned, or approached) to its position (איתן perennitas, the lasting or permanent position), and the Egyptians were flying to meet it.
Commenting on Exodus 14:26-29