Exo 15:8-10 | TNotes | STEP | 15:8 blast (literally nostrils ): In other contexts, the same word may be translated “anger.” The hot breath from God’s nose is an image of God’s anger. • your breath: The Hebrew word translated as “breath” ( ruakh ) is the same one translated as “wind” in 14:21 and as “Spirit” in Gen 1:2 . Nature is not God, but God is everywhere at work in nature.

cGen 1:2►

d15:9-10►

ePs 2:2-5►

fIsa 40:15-17►

‏ Exodus 15:8-10

15:8 ^a blast (literally nostrils): In other contexts, the same word may be translated “anger.” The hot breath from God’s nose is an image of God’s anger.

• your breath: The Hebrew word translated as “breath” (ruakh) is the same one translated as “wind” in 14:21 ^b and as “Spirit” in Gen 1:2 ^c. Nature is not God, but God is everywhere at work in nature.
Summary for Exod 15:9-10: 15:9-10 ^d Compared to the Creator’s plans, all the plans of even the most powerful humans are nothing (see Ps 2:2-5 ^e). They are like dust that can be blown away with one puff of his breath (see Isa 40:15-17 ^f).