Exodus 15:9-10 The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied on them; I will draw my sword… Observe the spirit of the enemy of Israel. It was characterized — 1. By great ambition. It was the love of power and dominion. To hold human beings as property is the vilest display of ambition. 2. Great arrogance and pride. I will pursue (rather "repossess"), overtake, divide, etc. What self-confidence! What boasting! What assumption! Pride goeth before destruction. 3. Insatiable avarice. Divide the spoil. Had not Pharaoh enough? An avaricious spirit unceasingly cries, Give! give! What a cursed spirit it is! Well has it been said that nature is content with little, grace with less, but the lust of avarice not even with all things. 4. Reckless malevolence and cruelty. "My lust shall be satisfied, I will draw my sword," etc. What thirsting for blood! Ambition and avarice render the mind cold and the heart callous. Tears, wailings, groans, mangled bodies and the flowing blood of mankind allay not the fires of human malevolence and lust. 5. Presumptuous confidence and security. I will do, not endeavour, no peradventure. Contingency and doubt have no place. How foolish for the man who puts on the armour to boast. (A. Nevin, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them. |
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